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US closely monitoring Myanmar situation, says US embassy in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: The United States was closely monitoring the situation in Myanmar, noting that like others, they were very concerned over the growing tensions amid ongoing conflict, an official at

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Myanmar envoy summoned over shelling along border

Shawdesh Desk: The foreign ministry on Tuesday morning summoned the Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh, Aung Kyaw Moe, over shelling from Myanmar side that killed two people in bordering hill district

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Two killed in Bangladesh in mortar shell fired from Myanmar

Shawdesh Desk: Two people were killed in a mortar shell fired from Myanmar in village Jalpaitoli of Ghumdhum union under Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred

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PM instructs maintaining law and order, control of commodity prices

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the authorities concerned to maintain law and order and keep the prices of commodities under control. ‘If there is any extortion, all

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Myanmar wants to take back its soldiers from Bangladesh: FM

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Monday that the Myanmar government wanted to take back its soldiers taking refuge in the bordering Bangladesh hill district of Bandarban. ‘We

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SC upholds HC order on ex-Hefazat leader Mamunul’ bail

Shawdesh desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to Mamunul Haque, former joint secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam, in two

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BGB pushes back Rohingya family while trying to enter Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Border Guard Bangladesh on Monday pushed back four Rohingyas while they were trying to enter Bangladesh through Teknaf border in Cox’s Bazar district. Commanding officer of BGB Teknaf

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10 sentenced to death, six jailed for life for raping on election-day

Shawdesh Desk: The Noakhali Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 on Monday sentenced 10 people to death and six others to life term imprisonment in the case of the much-talked

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