Samsung to launch foldable smartphone
Shawdesh Desk: Tech giant Samsung has said it will launch its hotly anticipated first foldable smartphone on Friday, months after faulty screens forced an embarrassing delay of its release. The ReadMore
Chernobyl: TV show that sparked ‘dark tourism’
Shawdesh Desk: The hit TV series ‘Chernobyl’ has attracted a new generation of tourists to the nuclear disaster zone but guides say that many are more interested in taking selfies ReadMore
Pet cat cloned in China for the first time
Shawdesh Desk: Seven months after Huang Yu’s pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life. Born on July 21, the new Garlic was created by Chinese ReadMore
‘Miscreant’ killed in Chattogram ‘gunfight’
Shawdesh Desk: A suspected miscreant was killed in an alleged gunfight with police in Chattogram on early Thursday, hours after turning himself in. The deceased was Mohammad Belal, 43, son ReadMore
Rowshan declared JP interim chairperson
Shawdesh Desk: Jatiya Party senior co-chairperson Rowshan Ershad on Wednesday declared herself the interim chairperson of the party and wanted current chairperson GM Quader as the co-chairman. Anisul Islam Mahmud, ReadMore
A democratic language, an authoritarian writ
Powerful populists are holding representative institutions hostage to their own projects of power. THERE was a time, not so long ago, when substantive disagreements marked debates on democracy. Minimalist theorists ReadMore
