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Govt procuring 10 Airbus aircrafts to get commission: Fakhrul

Shawdesh desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government was buying 10 Airbus aircrafts from France with an aim

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Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion

Shawdesh desk: Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was cleared on Tuesday of tax evasion following a five-year legal battle, hailing the verdict as a win for press freedom and voicing

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UK announces £3,000,000 additional humanitarian support for Rohingyas

Shawdesh desk: The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Philip Barton announced that Britain would provide £3,000,000 (around TK 42 crore) as new funding to support

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Biman Bangladesh Is Eying Services To Los Angeles

Shawdesh desk:  Biman Bangladesh Airlines plans to expand its fleet and routes, including possible service to Los Angeles.  The airline aspires to become one of the best airlines in Asia

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Bangladesh, France willing to step up defence cooperation, take relations to ‘strategic’ level

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and French president Emmanuel Macron have agreed to work towards taking the partnership for peace, prosperity and people to a ‘strategic’ level. Both

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Politicians vow to materialise Zafrullah’s dream of oppression-free society

Shawdesh Desk: Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance at a commemoration meeting at the National Press Club on Monday called to continue mass movement against Awami League government until

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Bangladesh’s dengue hospitalisation tops 1.5 lakh this year

Shawdesh Desk: The hospitalisation of dengue patients has crossed 1.5 lakh this year in Bangladesh as the country reported hospitalisation of 2,944 patients in 24 hours ending Monday morning. During

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Ukraine regains control of Black Sea oil platform

Shawdesh desk; Kyiv said on Monday its forces had recaptured an oil and gas drilling platform in the Black Sea that had been controlled by Moscow since 2015. The platform

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