Three ‘miscreants’ killed in M’singh, Habiganj ‘gunfights’
Shawdesh Desk: At least three people, including an accused in a gang-rape case, were killed in ‘gunfights’ in Mymensingh and Habiganj early Monday. In Mymensingh, an alleged drug peddler and ReadMore
New migrant rescue ship leaves France
Shawdesh Desk: Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee on Sunday dispatched its new rescue ship Ocean Viking from the French port of Marseille on its first mission to save migrants off the ReadMore
Teenage boy, expectant mother die of dengue in city
Shawdesh Desk: An expectant mother and a teenage boy died of dengue in different hospitals in the capital early Monday. Sharmin Akhter Shapla, 32, wife of Nazmul Hasan, deputy director ReadMore
India scraps special status for Kashmir amid crackdown
Shawdesh Desk: India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching ReadMore
UN urges world leaders to put financial sanctions on Myanmar Army
Shawdesh Desk: United Nations investigators urged world leaders on Monday to impose targeted financial sanctions on companies linked to the military in Myanmar, and said foreign firms doing business with ReadMore
Hunger, food, political economy
LET us imagine a common, but often unnoticed, sight that a penniless and hungry person is roaming about the roads of the capital amidst thousands of people. Let us also ReadMore
Gunman kills 20 at Texas Walmart store shooting
Shawdesh Desk: A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others as panicked shoppers ReadMore
None knows when new larvicide will arrive
The government agencies concerned are still unaware about when the new effective insecticide to control aedes mosquitoes responsible for the spread of dengue will arrive in the country. Meanwhile, the ReadMore
