Monir Khan alias Dorji Monir detained in Dhaka
Shawdesh Desk: Monir Khan alias Dorji Monir, president of so called ‘Bangladesh Jananetri Sheikh Hasina Parishad’, was arrested on Sunday night. DB Joint Commissioner Mohammad Harun-Ur-Rashid of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on ReadMore
Global Covid cases top 198 million
Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases surpassed 198-million mark as different countries continue their battle against deadlier variants of coronavirus amid slow vaccination rate. Although the situation ReadMore
‘One crore people to be vaccinated in a week’
Shawdesh Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has said preparation is going on to vaccinate one crore people in a week from August ReadMore
Tourists fined $500 for touching Hawaiian monk seals
Shawdesh Desk: A woman from Louisiana who was honeymooning in Hawaii has been fined $500 after a social media video showed her touching an endangered Hawaiian monk seal, U.S. authorities ReadMore
Not Federer, not Wawrinka: Belinda Bencic gets gold for Switzerland in Tokyo
Sports Desk: A Swiss tennis player won gold in singles at the Olympics and it’s not Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka. Belinda Bencic accomplished something Saturday that her better-known fellow ReadMore
‘Liberate Hong Kong’: The slogan that will land you in jail
It was one of the defining phrases of the Hong Kong protest movement. Now, it has landed one man in jail for nine years. Back in 2019, “Liberate Hong Kong, ReadMore
India, UK to conduct clinical trials of Ashwagandha for promoting recovery from COVID-19
Shawdesh Desk: The AYUSH Ministry has collaborated with UK’s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to conduct a study on Ashwagandha for promoting recovery from COVID-19. The All ReadMore
Concert for Bangladesh: A Historical Event
Chinmay Prasun Biswas: Nobel laureate T S Eliot’s famous poem The Waste Land begins with the line — April is the cruelest month. But for people of Bangladesh, August is ReadMore
