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Bangladesh to import 10 lakh tonnes of wheat from India

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has a plan to import up to 10 lakh tonnes of wheat from India under government to government contract and necessary steps already have been taken by

Showers likely to drench parts of country

Shawdesh desk: A reprieve from the sizzling summer heat is on the way, as the weather department has predicted showers in parts of Bangladesh in the next 24 hours. According

Economists for policy initiatives to tame inflation

Shawdesh desk: Economists and bankers have emphasised policy initiatives for the money market to tame the rising inflation. They opined that allocation must be given to support private sector credit

19 students among 21 killed in Texas school shooting, teen gunman dead

Shawdesh desk: An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka appoints PM to helm finance ministry

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday given the additional responsibility of running the finance ministry as the island nation grapples with its worst-ever economic crisis.

Mathews, de Sliva guide Sri Lanka to 210-4 in Bangladesh Test

Sports Desk: Bangladesh made early inroads on the third day of the second Test in Dhaka on Wednesday but Sri Lanka recovered to reach lunch at 210-4, still trailing by

Prolonged repatriation may push Rohingyas to crimes, PM tells UNHCR

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that Rohingyas refugees in Bangladesh are getting frustrated due to prolonged uncertainty over repatriation to their homeland, Myanmar. “Such uncertainty has

PM to inaugurate Padma Bridge on June 25: Quader

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the long-awaited 6.15-kilometre Padma Bridge on June 25, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday. Quader, also the Awami