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AL govt also wants fair polls, PM Hasina tells UK FM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the Awami League government also wanted free and fair elections in Bangladesh likewise the United Kingdom as its foreign minister James

Mass shooting at Texas mall leaves 9 dead: authorities

Shawdesh desk: A man who went on a rampage at a Texas outlet mall on Saturday shot eight people to death before he was himself killed, authorities said. ‘(We) found

Bangladesh’s foreign debt repayment mounts as taka devalues

Shawdesh Desk The devaluation of the local currency against the US dollar is going to render the country’s interest payment against the foreign loans costly by more than Tk 2,000

Charles III to become king in first UK coronation since 1953

Shawdesh desk: King Charles III entered London’s Westminster Abbey on Saturday for a solemn Christian coronation steeped in 1,000 years of history and tradition, but adapted to reflect 21st-century Britain.

Bangladesh’s GDP growth rate may overtake China in current fiscal

Shawdesh desk: The latest report of the Internal Monetary Fund on Asia-Pacific region forecasts that Bangladesh’s GDP growth rate in the current fiscal year will overtake that of China. The

Bangladesh prime minister Hasina attends coronation of King Charles III

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday attended the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London. The ceremony, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, sees King

Big dengue outbreak feared

Shawdesh desk: The sudden surge in dengue hospitalisation over the past five days has created a fear of a major dengue outbreak among the residents of the capital city and

UK PM Rishi Sunak sees Sheikh Hasina as his inspiration

Shawdesh Desk: The United Kingdom prime minister Rishi Sunak on Friday called Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina as a successful economic leader, saying, ‘You’re inspiration for us.’ ‘I’m following you