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Environmental activist Greta Thunberg goes on trial in London

Shawdesh desk: Environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear in a London court on Thursday charged with public order offences linked to a demonstration against the energy industry. The 21-year-old Swedish

Expensive fuel use inflates power generation costs

Shawdesh Desk; Bangladesh’s expense on fuel for generating electricity increased by a third last year compared with the year before, but it hardly increased electricity output—only about three per cent.

BNP skips DMP’s rising day programme

Shawdesh Desk: Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday skipped the rising day programme hosted by Dhaka Metropolitan Police for citizens. DMP’s joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker told New Age

Govt is ready to reduce duty on rice imports: Food minister

Shawdesh desk: The government is ready to reduce duty on rice imports if it becomes necessary to control the rising price and meet the local demand, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said

Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia interested in enhancing ties further

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia have expressed keen interest to take the existing excellent bilateral relations to upper level further. The interest was expressed when president of the Shura

We didn’t find Bangladesh polls to be free and fair: US State Dept

Shawdesh desk: The US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller has said that the United States did not find the January 7 general election in Bangladesh to be free and

Emrul Kayas promoted to PM’s deputy press secretary

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister’s assistant press secretary MM Emrul Kayas has been promoted to the post of deputy press secretary at the prime minister’s office. The public administration ministry on

HC asks factory owner to pay Tk 30 lakh for damaging a child’s arm

Shawdesh desk: The High Court on Wednesday asked the owner of Nuru Engineering Workshop at Kamolpur in Bhairab to pay a 13-year-old child Tk 30 lakh as compensation for damaging his