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Government employees continue protests at Secretariat

Shawdesh desk: Government employees on Sunday continued their protests at the Secretariat, demanding the withdrawal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. The protesters said that they would submit memorandums

Chief adviser Yunus urges Chinese investors to help build future

Shawdesh Desk: Inviting Chinese investors to join hands in transforming Bangladesh at this ‘very strategic moment’, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday called for building a future together which

44 gates of River Teesta opened as water levels rises

Shawdesh Desk: The authorities have opened 44 gates of the Teesta Barrage to control flow as water levels in the River Teesta began to rise due to incessant rainfall and

Hasnat denies secret BNP deal amid election rumours

Shawdesh Desk: Hasnat Abdullah, Chief Organiser (Southern Region) of Jatiya Nagorik Party has dismissed claims of behind-the-scenes negotiations with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) over parliamentary seat allocation, branding such assertions

Yunus leaves for home after Japan tour

Shawdesh Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus left Tokyo on Saturday (May 31) for home, wrapping up his four-day official tour to Japan. He departed from Narita International Airport for

Bangladesh to unveil Tk790,000cr national budget on 2 June

Shawdesh desk: The interim government is set to unveil a Tk790,000 crore national budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year on 2 June, a defining moment for Bangladesh as it navigates

Patients suffer as no services at national eye hospital for 4th day

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of eye patients were left in distress as the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in the capital’s Agargaon remained closed to treatment for the fourth consecutive

CA calls for meeting with BNP on Sunday: Salahuddin

Shawdesh Desk: Amid the growing nuisance of political rhetoric, Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus has invited BNP to hold a talk on Sunday at his official residence, the State Guest