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Single point mooring project to see rise in cost, time

Shawdesh Desk: Both cost and time of installation of single point mooring (SPM) with double pipeline project, designed to ease imported energy unloading, are going to increase after the scheme

Padma Bridge to be opened to traffic in June, Quader says again

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday again said the Padma Bridge will be inaugurated in June this year. “The Padma Bridge will be inaugurated in June

Diarrhoea situation in country shows no sign of improvement

Shawdesh Desk: The diarrhoea situation of the country has not improved much. From March 1 to April 15, about 48,000 diarrhoea and cholera patients were treated at the International Centre

Bangladesh to get US support in improving, widening coastal embankments

Shawdesh Desk: The US will support Bangladesh in improving and widening its coastal embankments as part of a climate change adaptation effort. Bangladesh will also get assistance from the US

Prices of some commodities still up

Shawdesh desk: The prices of some essential commodities have increased further at kitchen markets in the capital in the second week of Ramadan. The prices of commodities like loose atta,

Lightning strikes kill 2 in Cox’s Bazar

Shawdesh Desk: Two people were killed and one other injured by lightning strikes in Kutubdia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Friday. The victims were identified as Sihab Uddin,60, son of

Updating Curriculum: UGC gets tough on private varsities

Shawdesh desk: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has taken hard line on updating the curriculum of the private universities with an aim to ensure time-befitting quality higher education in the

Zimbabwe crash kills 35 ahead of Easter gathering: police

Shawdesh Desk: At least 35 people died and 71 were injured in Zimbabwe when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering veered off the road and landed in a