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First Hajj flight leaves for KSA

Shawdesh desk: This year’s first Hajj flight has left Dhaka for Jeddah on Sunday morning. A BG-3001 dedicated flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying 410 Bangladeshi pilgrims, took off the

Ctg depot fire: PM condoles death, orders prompt measures for treatment of injured people

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the loss of lives and injuries in the BM Container depot fire at Sitakunda in Chattogram.

12 people killed, 21 injured in explosion at factory in India

Shawdesh Desk: At least 12 workers died and 21 were injured when a boiler exploded at a factory in western Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district of India on Saturday afternoon, officials

Ukraine says Russia using ‘all its power’ to capture eastern city

Shawdesh Desk: Ukraine said Saturday its forces were managing to push back against Moscow’s troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia “throwing all its power” into capturing the strategic

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 22 cases, Zero death

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh registered 22 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning taking the country’s total caseload to 1,953,563. The country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,131 as

Ukraine claims Russian forces pushed back in east in fierce fighting

Shawdesh desk; Russian artillery slammed Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region with fierce fighting over the city of Severodonetsk, but the local governor said there was some progress in pushing back invading

US urged to recognise Bangladesh’s improvement on labour, HR issues

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has urged the United States (US) to recognise its continuous improvements of labor and human rights situations. This was stated while Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment

Burden of rehabilitation of climate migrants should be shared by the global community: Momen

Shawdesh Desk: Climate-induced displacement could lead to a global security risk in today’s interconnected world, warned by Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen. He stressed that international community should share