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Myanmar has ‘ingredients for civil war’: ASEAN chair

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar has “all the ingredients for civil war”, Cambodia, chair of Southeast Asia’s regional bloc, has warned ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to the

No one will be allowed to play with people’s fate: PM

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday warned that no one will be allowed to play with the fate of the people of Bangladesh anymore. “All, including Bangladesh Chhatra

Bangladesh crush New Zealand to score historic Test win

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh pulled off a crushing eight-wicket victory over world champions New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday. The tourists needed only 40 runs in their second innings for

Govt targets to send 1m workers abroad by June

Shawdesh desk: The government is targeting to export one million workers by the next six months. Reopening of the Malaysian labour market, potential manpower export agreements with a few more

Global Covid cases near 295 million as Omicron spreads

Shawdesh desk: The overall number of global coronavirus cases is fast approaching 295 million, with the new Covid strain Omicron showing a spike in the number of hospitalisations. According to

Govt considers metro-rail projects also for other cities

Shawdesh Desk: The government considers designing and undertaking metro-rail projects for Chattogram and other major cities having larger airports as done in Dhaka. The issue for metro-rail projects for other

Bangladesh eye historic victory with New Zealand in tatters (Updated)

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh had New Zealand on the ropes and were eyeing a historic victory after ripping through the hosts’ top-order batsmen on the penultimate day of the first Test

Bangladesh pushes for early repatriation of Rohingyas

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has called for early, voluntary, safe and sustained repatriation of the Myanmar nationals temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has expressed its willingness to work together to further