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Bangladesh to send more assistance to Turkey, Momen tells Turkish FM

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday told his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu that Bangladesh was ready to send all-out support to Turkey. He made the promise

Bangladesh has 5th highest number of leprosy cases: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: The situation of persons affected by leprosy in Bangladesh indicates that the country’s outstanding economic growth was not reaching the entire population, a UN expert said on Wednesday.

Next elections will be free, fair: Hasina tells US envoy

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the next parliamentary election would be fair and free as she was committed to democracy and the Election Commission was

PM hands over keys of 5000 houses to poor freedom fighters

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday handed over the keys of 5000 houses built under the government’s ‘Bir Nibash’ project for underprivileged freedom fighters. The prime minister handed

HC order allowing Adarsha to participate in Ekushey Book Fair stayed

Shawdesh desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a High Court order that had allowed publishing house Adarsha Prakash to participate in the ongoing Ekushey Book

US leader secures 100th US judge, blunting Trump’s impact on bench

The Senate of the United States on Tuesday confirmed the 100th federal judge appointed by president Joe Biden, as he works to dilute the impact his predecessor Donald Trump had

New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as earthquake toll nears 40,000

Shawdesh Desk: An aid convoy on Tuesday passed through a newly re-opened border crossing into rebel-held north Syria, where help has been slow to arrive since last week’s Turkey earthquake, which

US hopeful about future relations with Bangladesh: Envoy

Shawdesh desk: Counselor of the US department of state, Derek Chollet, on Wednesday said that they remained ‘hopeful’ about future relations with Bangladesh — building on the strong partnership that