BNP loses confidence in contesting polls: PM
Shawdesh dEsk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday slammed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for its continuous efforts to make elections questionable and controversial as she said top leaders of the ReadMore
Global Covid fatalities top 4.8 million
Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid death toll has now surpassed 4.8 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total caseload and ReadMore
ADB appoints Edimon Ginting as country director for Bangladesh
Shawdesh Desk: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Edimon Ginting as its new Country Director for Bangladesh. Ginting assumed office today. He succeeds Manmohan Parkash who recently joined ADB’s ReadMore
Engineer killed in Sirajganj road accident
Shawdesh Desk: An engineer was killed in a road accident on Bangabandhu Bridge road in Sirajganj on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Md Mostab Ali (40), a sub-assistant ReadMore
Flowers & banners welcome students as DU reopens dorms
Shawdesh Desk: After nearly 18 months of Covid-forced closure, Dhaka University on Tuesday morning welcomed back its residential students to the dormitories with flowers and banners. Only vaccinated final-year honours ReadMore
5 held with drugs worth Tk 2.7cr in Cox’s Bazar
Shawdesh desk: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has nabbed five suspected drug peddlers along with Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar. The arrestees are identified as Md Shamsul Alam (25), Md Akhter Hossain (35) ReadMore
