The pioneering lawyer Mithan Lam who fought for women’s suffrage in India
Amid the pandemic gloom, it is easy to forget that the year 2020 marks an important anniversary for women’s rights. In the US, it has been 100 years since women ReadMore
Mexico to start vaccination with Pfizer today
Shawdesh desk: Mexico has received an initial batch of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, putting the country in a neck-and-neck race with Chile to become the first Latin American ReadMore
Actor Nirab’s mother passes away
Shawdesh desk: Nurjahan Alam, mother of popular actor and model Nirab Hossain, died at a hospital in the capital on Thursday morning. He was 60. She breathed her last at ReadMore
Australia look to pile misery on Kohli-less India in Melbourne
Shawdesh dEsk: Coach Justin Langer said the mark of a great team was to keep winning as he threw down a challenge to Australia Thursday against a depleted India desperate ReadMore
Young Leaders in the Party
A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman: It was the month of August this year, when I had an opportunity to participate in a webinar discussion moderated by former Foreign Secretary Ambassador Farooq Sobhan ReadMore
Canada approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Shawdesh dEsk: Health Canada has approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in this country, with 168,000 doses expected to arrive by the end of the year. The regulator announced the ReadMore
Woman, mother-in-law die after eating ‘puffer fish’ in Moulvibazar
A housewife and her mother-in-law died reportedly after eating puffer fish, locally known as pakta fish, in Uttar Bharaura area in Moulvibazar on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as ReadMore
Female govt officer found dead in city house
Shawdesh dEsk: Police recovered the body of a female government official from a building in Dhanmondi area of the capital on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shubrata Adhikari, ReadMore
