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US-Bangladesh Business Council launched in Washington DC

Shawdesh Desk: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in tandem with the Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington DC, on Tuesday launched the U.S.-Bangladesh Business Council, which will focus on advocacy and

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Public transport resumes operation in city corporation areas

Shawdesh Desk: Public transport services resumed operations in city corporation areas from early Wednesday as per the government’s directive. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said they

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Most govt staff absent from office on pretext of lockdown

Shawdesh Desk: Attendance of government officials and employees was very thin in the capital and elsewhere across the country on Tuesday amid the ongoing weeklong countrywide lockdown. Many government employees

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Folk singer Indra Mohan Rajbongshi dies, PM mourns the death

Shawdesh Desk: Noted folk singer Indra Mohan Rajbongshi died of coronavirus infection on Wednesday. He breathed his last at 11.00am at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Singer Fakir Alamgir confirmed

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Biden “committed to strengthening” ties with Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: US President Joe Biden and Secretary Antony J. Blinken are “committed to strengthening” the Dhaka-Washington relationship as the two countries address common challenges, says a senior US official. The two

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Love of mother triumphs over death!

Shawdesh Desk: Mother’s love for baby needs no further introduction. That a mother could sacrifice her life to save child was proved time and again. The unending bondage has come

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Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Niko graft case May 6

Shawdesh dEsk: A Dhaka court on Sunday set May 6 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge in-charge

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Bangladesh records highest ever 7,087 Covid cases in a single day

Shawdesh dEsk: Bangladesh has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases in a day since the pandemic made landfall in the country in March last year. The country has recorded

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