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Jaishankar meets Sheikh Hasina, says India prioritises relations with Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi. During the meeting, he reaffirmed New Delhi’s highest priority to its relations

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UN investigator: Myanmar is not safe for Rohingyas to return

Shawdesh Desk: The U.N.’s independent investigator on Myanmar says it’s not safe for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to return because Myanmar has failed to

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Trump-Ukraine inquiry: Democrats demand documents from White House

Shawdesh Desk: US Democratic lawmakers have demanded documents from the White House as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The documents relate to a call between Mr

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PM floats 4-point proposal for regional connectivity, amity

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called for managing geopolitical realities in South Asia through collaboration and placed a four-point proposal to make the region connected, friendly and

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US president aggressively attacks impeachment investigation

Shawdesh Desk: A bellicose Donald Trump unleashed furious attacks Wednesday on the impeachment inquiry launched against him by Democrats, amid an intensifying standoff between the president and Congress. Trump —

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Air quality ‘very unhealthy’ in Dhaka: AQI

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s capital was ranked worst in the Air Quality Index on Thursday. Dhaka had a score of 245 at 08:25am, indicating that the air quality was ‘very unhealthy’.

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Boris Johnson intends to suspend parliament from Oct 8-14

Shawdesh Desk: United Kingdom prime minister Boris Johnson intends to ask for parliament to be suspended from October 8 to 14, his Downing Street office said Wednesday, after a previous

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Prime Minister reaches New Delhi

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached New Delhi on a four-day official visit to attend the India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday morning. A

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