Dhaka’s air in ‘moderate’ zone with AQI score of 54
Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in ‘moderate’ zone on Tuesday morning. With an air quality index score of 54 at 9:05am, Dhaka ranked 60th on the list ReadMore
Public univ shutdown continues
Shawdesh Desk: Teachers of public universities across Bangladesh continued their indefinite work abstention programme for the eighth consecutive day on Monday, pressing for the cancellation of the new universal pension ReadMore
Anti-quota protests rock Bangladesh
Shawdesh Desk: Students from different public universities and colleges on Monday blocked rail tracks, roads, and highways in Dhaka and other places across the country, demanding reform in the existing ReadMore
Govt plans late feasibility study
Shawdesh Desk: The government is going to borrow $250 million from the Asian Development Bank to implement a project for capacity building of the National Pension Authority struggling to woo ReadMore
Inadequate relief leaves flood victims starving
Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of people in the flood-stricken north passed yet another busy day on Monday as they rushed between places, mainly in their boats, searching for flood relief that ReadMore
Border killings go unabated
Shawdesh Desk: Killing of Bangladesh nationals by the Indian Border Security Force in the borders go unabated despite repeated pledges made the neighbour reduce the border killings to zero. According ReadMore
War and famine
by Andrea Mazzarino : MANY war stories end with hunger wreaking havoc on significant portions of a population. In Christian theology, the Biblical ‘four horses of the apocalypse,’ believed by ReadMore
President Orders the Military to Sieze Newspapers and Arrest Workers for Printing Fake News
Shawdesh Desk: On Wednesday, May 18, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln issued an Executive Order, commanding General John A. Dix to arrest and imprison the editors, proprietors, and publishers of the New York ReadMore
