Global crackdown on freedom of expression
Robin Andersen, Nolan Higdon and Steve Macek : ACCORDING to a 2022 report by Article 19, an international organisation that documents and champions freedom of expression, 80 per cent of ReadMore
Shakib Khan walks the ramp
Shawdesh Desk: Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan walked the ramp at Dhaka Fashion Day 2024 at Le Meridien in the capital on Friday. All the brand ambassadors of the title sponsor ReadMore
Modi: The tea seller’s son who became India’s populist hero
Shawdesh desk: Once shunned and now eagerly courted by the West, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered his country away from its secular traditions and towards the Hindu-first politics ReadMore
DU students protest High Court’s reinstatement of quota system in govt jobs
Shawdesh Desk: At least 2,000 students from Dhaka University staged a protest on Sunday against the High Court’s decision to reinstate the quota system in government jobs. The procession began at ReadMore
FF quota in public service: Govt seeks stay on HC verdict
Shawdesh Desk: The government on Sunday filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the High Court directive that asked the state to ReadMore
Hamas says over 200 killed as Israel rescues four Gaza hostages
Shawdesh Desk: Israel announced its forces rescued four hostages on Saturday from a Gaza refugee camp in an operation which the Hamas-run government media office said left 210 Palestinians dead ReadMore
Italy, Slovakia vote as EU election continues
Shawdesh Desk: Italy became the first heavyweight nation to cast votes for the EU’s next parliament on Saturday, in a test of far-right leader Giorgia Meloni’s strength at home—and future ReadMore
Apollo 8 astronaut dies in small plane crash
Shawdesh desk: William Anders, the former US astronaut who took the historic ‘Earthrise’ photo from space over 55 years ago, died in a plane crash on Friday at the age ReadMore
