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Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain

Shawdesh Desk: A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and

Govt to cut fuel import by 20pc; Area-based load shedding from today

Shawdesh Desk: The government has decided to cut the import of fuel, particularly diesel, by 20 percent as an austerity measure to save dollars and keep its foreign reserves stable.

Sunak widens lead in race to become UK PM after party vote

Shawdesh Desk; Former finance minister Rishi Sunak widened his lead in the latest round of voting Monday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain’s next prime minister, but the race to

Dollar crisis deepening

Shawdesh Desk: Even after some preventive measures taken by the government, the local currency taka has continued its free fall against the greenback on the back of acute US dollar

Nationwide special vaccination campaign begins

Shawdesh Desk: The government is holding a special vaccination campaign across the country, including in Dhaka today, aiming to inoculate 75 people with the booster and second shots of the

WB estimation shows poverty rate declined in Bangladesh even during COVID-19: Hasan

Shawdesh Desk: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said World Bank assessment showed that the poverty rate has declined in Bangladesh even during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The report of the

Indian Army Chief calls on Bangladesh Army Chief

Shawdesh desk: General Manoj Pande, India’s Chief of Army Staff, called on his Bangladesh counterpart General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka on Monday. At the beginning

PM to handover 26,229 abodes to homeless families on Thursday

Shawdesh Desk: As part of the government’s target to ensure housing for the landless and homeless people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over 26,229 more houses to landless and