US trip to learn mosquito machine operations: Essential or wasteful?
Shawdesh desk: The Local Government Division (LGD) has approved a controversial foreign trip for five officials to visit the United States to learn the operation and maintenance of five mosquito-killing ReadMore
As India’s Bollywood shifts, stars and snappers click
Binodon Desk: From riding pillion on zooming motorbikes to round-the-clock airport stakeouts, India’s celebrity-hunting paparazzi photographers have gone from “outcasts” to becoming a key part of Bollywood’s vast film industry ReadMore
PK Halder walks out of Kolkata jail
Shawdesh desk: Bangladeshi businessman Prashanta Kumar Halder, knowns as PK Halder, walked out of jail after a special court in Kolkata granted him bail. He has been released more than ReadMore
Pope kicks off Christmas under shadow of war
Shawdesh desk: Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on Wednesday, as Pope Francis launched observation of the ReadMore
BB asks banks not to buy dollars over Tk 123 each
Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh Bank has requested certain banks not to purchase dollars above Tk 123, amid growing criticism of its poor oversight, which has driven the greenback’s price to ReadMore
Pakistan to host West Indies for two January Tests in Multan
Shawdesh Desk: Pakistan announced on Tuesday that two Tests against the West Indies next month will take place back-to-back in Multan. They will be the West Indies’ first Tests in ReadMore
Irfan kills seven on vessel in Meghna over ‘previous anger’: RAB
Shawdesh desk: Rapid Action Battalion has revealed that arrestee Irfan murdered the seven people onboard fertiliser-laden vessel in the Meghna River out of anger after being deprived of wages for ReadMore
46 killed in Pakistan air attack on Eastern Afghanistan
Shawdesh desk: Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border province of Afghanistan killed 46 people, the Taliban government spokesman told AFP on Wednesday, as the defence ministry vowed retaliation. The ReadMore
