Motorbike rider killed, pillion rider hurt in Dinajpur road accident
Shawdesh Desk: A motorcycle rider was dead and the pillion passenger was injured after being hit by a covered van in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur on Sunday morning. The deceased ReadMore
Arafat wants thorough investigation into journalist Rana’s imprisonment
Shawdesh Desk: State minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has called for proper investigation into the jail of Daily Desh Rupantor Nakla upazila correspondent Shafiuzzaman Rana by a ReadMore
Bangladesh invites international bids to explore offshore oil and gas
Shawdesh desk: Petrobangla, the oil, gas and mineral resources’ corporation of the country, has floated the offshore bidding, inviting international oil and gas companies to explore in the Bangladesh maritime ReadMore
Reading, singing, dancing even in darkest times
by Vijay Prashad: IT IS nearly impossible to think of joy while Israel continues its genocidal violence against Palestinians and while the terrible war escalates in the eastern flank of ReadMore
Agents being driven out, candidate alleges
Shawdesh Desk: A mayoral candidate alleged that his agents were barred from entering polling centres in the Cumilla City Corporation polls. Noor-Ur Rahman Mahmud Tanim, an Awami League leader, contesting ReadMore
Five held in a bid to kill Supreme Court assts AG
Shawdesh Desk: Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested five persons for an attempt to kill Supreme Court Assistant Attorney General SR Siddique. Of the five, one is lawyer Osman ReadMore
Cumilla polls: 2 suffer bullet wounds
Shawdesh Desk: Two people sustained bullets wounds in Cumilla in an exchange of fire between two groups while the city corporation elections is under. The injured were admitted to Cumilla Medical College Hospital. The ReadMore
Biden says Gaza ceasefire by Ramadan ‘looking tough’
Shawdesh Desk: US President Joe Biden warned Friday that it would be “tough” to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “It’s looking tough,” Biden told reporters when asked ReadMore
