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PM’s gifted house symbol of new life, hope to Balaram Karmakar

Shawdesh desk: Balaram Karmakar, a 65-year old person of Kotalipara in Gopalganj, became pauper losing last belongings in treatment of his wife and son. He paid debt selling ancestral house

Dates, fruits to be more costly during Ramadan due to LC opening crisis

This year, the consumers will have to spend more money than usual in case of purchasing dates and other fruits—two essential items in iftar during Ramadan, due to importers’ difficulty

PM Hasina offers India to use Chattogram, Sylhet ports

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for enhancing regional connectivity for boosting trade and commerce, offering India to use Bangladesh’s Chattogram and Sylhet ports for

19 killed in Madaripur road accident

Shawdesh desk: At least 19 people were killed and over a dozen injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Kutubpur under Shibpur upazila in Madaripur district on

Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda charged in Niko graft case

Shawdesh Desk: The Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 on Sunday charged ex-prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in Niko graft case. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Rapid Action Battalion to play an effective role in maintaining peace, security and stability to smoothen Bangladesh’s journey towards a

People not to take part in polls without caretaker govt: Fakhrul

Shawdesh desk: Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that people would not participate in the government arranged ‘election trap’ without the caretaker

Prices of both raw, refined sugar to be reduced by Tk 5 per kg

Shawdesh desk: Commerce minister Tipu Munshi said traders have agreed to reduce the prices of sugar by Tk 5 per kg after the reduction in import duty on both raw and