Shawdesh dEsk: Troops on the move About 35,000 Russian personnel are permanently stationed near Ukrainian territory. And on Wednesday, the Russian defence ministry released pictures of military units on their ReadMore
Shawdesh dEsk: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the head of the state statistics agency, according to a decree published Saturday, after annual inflation figures angered both the pro-government and opposition ReadMore
Spors desk: Canada said five members of its Winter Olympics delegation in Beijing have tested positive for Covid-19. The winter sports powerhouse has not said whether those concerned are athletes, ReadMore
Shawdesh DEsk: Nearly 40 percent of people in Ethiopia’s Tigray are suffering “an extreme lack of food” in the face of an extended de-facto blockade of the war-hit region, a ReadMore
Shawdesh DEsk: US stocks rose on Friday, bolstered by a marked rebound in tech shares, Xinhua reported. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 564.69 points, or 1.65 percent, to 34,725.47. ReadMore
Binodon dEsk: A theatrical solo performance by Jean-Paul Sermadiras ‘The Dream of a Ridiculous Man’ will be held at the Experimental Theatre Hall in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Organised ReadMore
Shawdesh dEsk: A fire that broke out at a garment factory at Modonpur in Bondor upazila of Narayanganj on Friday afternoon has been brought under control after around five hours. ReadMore
Nandita Roy: Recently, China has declared to grant duty-free access to 98 percent of Bangladeshi products including 383 new products, especially leather and leather-made goods, in this “zero-treatment” list. This ReadMore