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World Bank lauds Bangladesh development under PM Hasina’s leadership

Shawdesh Desk: The World Bank’s outgoing country director Mercy Miyang Tembon on Wednesday highly appreciated Bangladesh’s overall socioeconomic development, including women empowerment under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

BPDB proposes true-up payment for private power plants!

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has proposed to allow true-up payment method for fuel imports for private power plants. True-up is a payment made post-closing to adjust for

US says Ukraine grain exports near pre-war levels

Shawdesh desk: Ukraine is on course to ship nearly as much grain this month as it did before the Russian invasion, in a triumph for international efforts to ease food

Tea workers’ movement for wage hike still on

Shawdesh Desk: The agitating workers of tea gardens in Habiganj and Moulvibazar have refused to join their work as their demands, including a wage hike, have not been met yet.

Thai court suspends PM Prayuth Chan-ocha

Shawdesh desk: Thailand’s top court has suspended prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from official duty while it considers a legal challenge to his term limit. Opposition parties have filed a case

Myanmar: No justice, no freedom for Rohingya 5 years on

Shawdesh Desk: Rohingya Muslims are still awaiting justice and protection of their rights five years after the Myanmar military began a sweeping campaign of massacres, rape, and arson in northern

Malaysian immigration bust illegal money changing syndicate led by a Bangladeshi

Shawdesh desk: KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Immigration Department has busted an alleged money-changing syndicate led by a Bangladeshi following the arrest of six men, including the mastermind, in a special

Eight more grain silos collapse in blast-ravaged Beirut port

Shawdesh desk; Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month, AFP correspondents reported.