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8th US-Bangladesh Security Dialogue: US keen to enhance security cooperation with Bangladesh

Shawdesh desk: The 8th round of US-Bangladesh Security Dialogue has been held in Washington DC on 06 April 2022 at the US Department of State. Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin

Corona-dedicated hospitals lying idle

Shawdesh Desk: Over 98 percent of hospital beds designated for Covid-19 patients have been lying vacant across the country, including in Dhaka, as the coronavirus situation remains under control for

Sri Lanka president won’t resign despite growing protests

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s president will not step down and instead will face the country’s political and economic crisis, a key government minister said Wednesday despite continuing large protests that

Turkey court confirms transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudis

Shawdesh desk: A Turkish court on Thursday confirmed a halt to the trial in absentia of 26 suspects linked to the killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi and its transfer

Ashrayan-2: 59 Bede families dream of a new life with permanent homes

“If we get a permanent shelter, we will send our two sons to school,” said Rongila, a Bede woman. The Bede, a gypsy-like ethnic community is among the most underprivileged

Dhaka, Washington economic ties to grow further: Momen

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed hope that the Bangladesh-US economic partnership will be an effective platform to facilitate economic cooperation and people-to-people ties between the two

MBBS admission test results released

Shawdesh Desk: The results of admission test of MBBS course for academic session 2021-22 were published on Tuesday with 55.13 percent pass rate this year. Health and family welfare minister

RU teacher Taher murder: SC upholds death for two

Shawdesh desk: The appellate division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the High Court’s death sentence of two convicts and life imprisonment of two others in the murder case