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HC asks ACC to report progress on probe against S Alam Group

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Sunday instructed the Anti-Corruption Commission chairman to submit a progress report by next Sunday on the ongoing investigation into money laundering allegations against S

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Bangladesh to export Hilsa to India for Durga Puja upon ‘special request’

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh commerce ministry has granted permission to export Hilsa fish to India in response to a ‘special request’ from the neighbouring country due to the Durga Puja festival,

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Fear reigns in CHT

Shawdesh desk; Fear reigned supreme in the Chittagong Hill Tracts where life came to an abrupt halt on Saturday following two previous days of sectarian violence in Khagrachhari and Rangamati

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Bangladesh approves export of 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India for Durga Puja

Shawdesh desk: The government of Bangladesh has approved the export of 3,000 tonnes of Hilsa fish to India on the occasion of the upcoming Durga Puja, the commerce ministry said

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Bangladesh to sign tripartite deal to import power from Nepal soon: adviser

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh is poised to sign the tripartite agreement with Nepal and India soon to import hydropower from Nepal via Indian transmission lines, according to power, energy and mineral

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Four dead, scores injured in sectarian violence in Bangladesh’s hill districts

Shawdesh Desk: At least four ethnic minority men were killed and scores were injured as a wave of sectarian violence swept the restive hill districts of Khagrachhari and Rangamati, sending

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Nahid denies claims of internet shutdown in Chittagong Hill Tracts

Shawdesh desk: Posts, telecommunication and information technology adviser Md Nahid Islam on Saturday said internet was not shut down by the government in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. ‘There were isolated

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Al Jazeera unveils Bangladesh’s ex-land minister’s property empire

Shawdesh desk: An investigation by Al Jazeera has exposed how former Bangladesh land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury built a half-billion-dollar property empire despite earning a modest official salary. Bangladesh’s strict currency

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