Four wounded in shooting near Canada college
Shawdesh Desk: A shooting that sent four people to hospital and another gun-related incident forced thousands of students at two Montreal area colleges to go into lockdown on Friday. At ReadMore
US inflation eases in October but still near decades-high
Shawdesh Desk: US consumer prices cooled in October but remained at decades-high levels, according to government data released Thursday, keeping the pressure on President Joe Biden as his Democratic party ReadMore
Chile’s new star director Sebastian Lelio confronts fanaticism
Shawdesh Desk: Sebastian Lelio won an Oscar and helped change Chile’s laws on gender identity with one of his films. Now he is tackling the menace of fanaticism and disinformation with ReadMore
BNP holds Faridpur mass rally amid obstacles
Shawdesh Desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party held its pre-scheduled ‘divisional mass rally’ in Faridpur on Saturday amid transport strikes, arrests, and other forms of intimidation. The rally at ReadMore
Mobile internet services disrupted in Faridpur amid BNP rally
Shawdesh Desk: Local people alleged that they were facing disruption in mobile internet services in Faridpur district since 10:00am on Saturday, ahead of the BNP’s divisional rally in the district. ReadMore
Joy Bangla Youth Award to be announced today
Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT adviser and CRI chairperson Sajeeb Wazed Joy will announce the Joy Bangla Youth Award 2022 winners at 3:00pm today. The award is ReadMore
Many banks declining to open LC amid dollar crisis
Shawdesh desk: The commercial banks in the country are facing difficulties in settling import payment obligations, with their holding of foreign currency depleting fast amid an ongoing dollar crisis, bankers ReadMore
32 BNP men arrested in Dhaka for ‘conspiring against govt’
Shawdesh desk: Police arrested 32 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, including a former councillor, at Mohakhali’s Sena Kalyan Sangstha Tower on Friday night. Abul Kalam Azad, former ward ReadMore
