BNP defers Monday’s hartal to Tuesday
Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has deferred its Monday’s nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal to Tuesday following the demise of Kuwait emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. BNP Senior Joint Secretary ReadMore
JaPa remains in electoral race, contests in 283 seats: Chunnu
Shawdesh desk: Jatiya Party (JaPa) has announced that it would stay in the race during the national elections slated for 7 January. JaPa general secretary Mujibul Haque Chunnu came up with ReadMore
GM Quader withdraws Dhaka-17 candidacy
Shawdesh desk: Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader on Sunday withdrew his nomination from the Dhaka-17 constituency. JaPa office secretary MA Razzak Khan submitted the withdrawal letter to Returning Officer ReadMore
BNP didn’t accept proposal of releasing all leaders overnight: Razzaque
Shawdesh Desk: The ruling Awami League presidium member and agriculture minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque has said that the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party did not accept the proposal of releasing ReadMore
More than 60 feared dead off Libya in latest migrant tragedy
Shawdesh dEsk: At least 61 migrants were missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya’s coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday, in the latest such ReadMore
BJP considers nominating ex-foreign secy Shringla to retain Darjeeling
Shawdesh Desk: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is considering nominating ex-foreign secretary Harshvardhan Shringla to secure the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. India’s prominent online news site, ajbikel.com, ReadMore
Israel says Gaza hospital military ‘activity’ over
Shawdesh desk: The Israeli army said Saturday it had discovered weapons and arrested around 80 Hamas members in military “activity” at a hospital in Gaza, which Hamas described as a ReadMore
Depardieu behaviour ‘shames France’: Culture minister
Shawdesh desk: The behaviour of French cinema superstar Gerard Depardieu, charged with rape and facing new scrutiny after sexist comments were broadcast in a television documentary, shames France, the culture ReadMore
