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Home textile: Exports soar 41.5pc in 9 months

Shawdesh Desk: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic slowdown, the demand for Bangladeshi home textile products has been rising in the global market owing to its quality and reasonable

Opposition parties pay only lip service

Shawdesh desk: Both the government and opposition political parties are supposed to stand by the people during any national disaster. But the country’s opposition parties, including Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

At least 23 dead in fire at Iraqi Covid hospital

Shawdesh Desk: At least 23 people died when a fire broke out Sunday (April 25) in a coronavirus intensive care unit in the capital of Iraq, a country with long-dilapidated

Khaleda tests positive for Covid-19 again

Shawdesh Desk: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s second Covid-19 test report came out positive on Saturday, said her personal medical team member and BNP vice chairman Dr AZM Zahid Hossain. “Madam

Govt mulls resuming public transport services

Shawdesh Desk: The government is working on a plan to allow the public transport to resume operations once the current lockdown is over, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul

Chinese Defense Minister due Tuesday

Shawdesh Desk: Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a brief visit on Tuesday. “Yes, the Chinese Defense Minister Fenghe is coming,”

Shops, malls open Sunday following health guidelines

Shawdesh Desk: Shops and shopping malls across the country will remain open for seven hours every day from Sunday amid the ongoing ‘strict lockdown’, enforced from April 14 to stem

Covid 19: Bangladesh reports 83 more deaths, 2,697 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh confirmed 83 more Covid-19 death in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 10,752, according to a handout released by the Directorate General of Health Services