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Bangladesh’s strong economic ties with US crucial: FM

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed Bangladesh’s desire to work closely with the Biden Administration on climate, trade and investment, and security. He called upon the US

Covid-19: Bangladesh records 5 more deaths, 407 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh confirmed five more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Saturday at 8am, taking the toll at 8,400. The number of positive cases

$1.9 trillion Covid plan clears US House, heads to Senate

Shawdesh Desk: The US House passed an enormous, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funneling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local

Jamal Khashoggi: US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing

ShawdeshDesk: A US intelligence report has found that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the murder of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The report released by the

Myanmar police fire rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, according to an AFP reporter, after the country’s ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to

3 killed in plane crash in US state of Georgia

Shawdesh Desk: Three people on a single-engine plane were killed Friday as the aircraft crashed into a ravine shortly after takeoff in Gainesville, Georgia, local media reported citing authorities. Hall

Shamima loses fight to restore UK citizenship

Shawdesh Desk: Shamima Begum, who fled Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, has failed to restore her British citizenship after the Supreme Court ruled she had

US slaps sanctions on elite Saudi unit over Khashoggi murder

Shawdesh Desk: The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an elite Saudi unit as well as a former intelligence official over their role in the killing of dissident journalist