BNP gets permission for founding anniversary rally
Shawdesh Desk: The BNP has been cleared by the authorities to organise a rally marking the 41st founding anniversary on Monday. Police gave it the verbal permission to hold the ReadMore
Quader turns down BNP’s call for national unity
Shawdesh Desk: Awami League general secretary and Road Transport and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the BNP’s call for the national consensus over the Rohingya issue was designed ReadMore
Pakistan PM Khan leads nationwide protests over Kashmir
Shawdesh Desk: Thousands rallied across Pakistan Friday in mass demonstrations protesting Delhi’s actions in Indian-administered Kashmir in the most ambitious public protests targeting India in years. At noon, sirens rang ReadMore
Police arrest 12 Jamaat leaders in Chattogram
Shawdesh Desk: Twelve top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Chattogram city unit were arrested during a drive at a building in Sugandha Residential Area in the port city on Thursday night. Among ReadMore
Assam on high alert as final NRC list set to release Saturday
Shawdesh Desk: As the day for publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) approaches, Assam is on high alert. Security measures have been tightened across Assam and prohibitory ReadMore
Two killed in Chuadanga, Ctg ‘gunfights’
A suspected drug peddler and robber died in separate ‘gunfights’ with members of law enforcement agencies in Chuadanga and Chattogram on early Friday. In Chuadanga, a suspected drug peddler was ReadMore
Study finds no gene responsible for becoming gay
Shawdesh Desk: A genetic analysis of almost half a million people has concluded that there is no single ‘gay gene’ while it is effectively impossible to predict an individual’s sexual ReadMore
India’s top ports on alert for attacks
Shawdesh Desk: India’s two main ports said on Thursday they had been warned by the coastguard and intelligence officials that Pakistan-trained commandos have entered Indian waters to carry out underwater ReadMore
