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PM mulls area-based specific time power cuts to save fuel

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she is thinking of introducing area-based load shedding for a specific time to save the fuel that is used for power

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Arfanul Haque Rifat takes oath as Cumilla city mayor

Shawdesh Desk: Arfanul Haque Rifat was sworn in as mayor of the Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) on Tuesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina virtually administered the oath to Rifat at Osmani

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Eid journey Launch owners upset at poor sale of tickets

Shawdesh Desk: Owners of launches have expressed disappointment over passengers’ poor response to waterway journey from Dhaka to southern districts on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha. Sources said most

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Ukraine estimates cost of reconstruction at $750 bn

Ukraine told an international conference Monday that it will cost an estimated $750 billion to rebuild the war-shattered country, a task President Volodymyr Zelensky said was the shared duty of

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Sri Lanka: ‘I can’t afford milk for my babies’

Shawdesh desk; The smell hits you first – freshly cooked rice, lentils and spinach, served in ladles from steaming pots. Dozens of families – including mothers with babies – are

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Hot dog eating champ wins again in July 4 contest in New York

Shawdesh desk: A man with the playful name Joey Chestnut wolfed down 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes Monday to win the annual July 4 competitive eating contest featuring America’s

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Mother, son burnt in city’s Mohammadpur gas leakage fire

Shawdesh desk: A woman and her son were burnt in a fire originated from a gas leak in a house in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Tuesday morning. The victims Ambia

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Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Niko graft case August 2

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed August 2 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman

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