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Soybean oil still out of stores

Shawdesh Desk: Bottled soybean oil products have vanished from the market mysteriously despite a price hike of Tk 38 per litre last week. The wholesale merchants claim that the shortage

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Global Covid cases surpass 517 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 517 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the

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Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 23 new cases, no death

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh reported 23 Covid cases in 24 hours until Sunday morning which took the total caseload to 1,952,799. With no new Covid death reported during this period the

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BNP won’t even join talks on polls until AL quits power: Fakhrul

Shawdesh Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said their party even will not join any talks on the next parliamentary polls until the Awami League government

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Supplying of additional 19 million cubic feet of gas to the national grid begins

Shawdesh Desk: Sylhet Gas Fields Limited has started to supply 19 million cubic feet of gas to the national grid daily from the well of Koilashtika-7 from 8:45 pm on

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AL always assumes power through vote, not by backdoor: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Awami League never used the backdoor for grabbing power, rather it always assumes state power through elections. “Awami League (AL) always assumes power through

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TCB to expand edible oil sale at Tk 110 per litre from June

Shawdesh Desk: Apart from continuing the edible oil sale at Taka 110 per litre through Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) trucks, the corporation is going to expand the selling at

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3 ticketless passengers are not my relatives: Railway Minister

Shawdesh Desk: The dismissal of the Bangladesh Railway (BR) travel ticket examiner (TTE) for fining three passengers for traveling on a train without ticket introducing themselves as a relative of the

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