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Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman appointed chief of Bangladesh Army

Shawdesh desk: Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been appointed as the new chief of Bangladesh Army. His appointment will be effective from June 23, 2024. With this appointment, he will

ACC sues NBR ex-commissioner for giving illegal benefits to 4 mobile operator companies

Shawdesh Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against National Board of Revenue’s former commissioner Waheeda Rahman Chowdhury on charges of giving illegal benefits of Tk 153 crore

Registration to universal pension scheme tops 3 lakh

Shawdesh desk: In just 10 months of its launching, the number of registration to the universal pension scheme crossed a new milestone of three lakh for the first time as

Hasina, Modi hope to further deepen Bangladesh-India relations

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have expressed their desire that the existing bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries would be further

Ex-IGP Benazir’s wife, daughters seek time to appear before ACC

Shawdesh Desk: Former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed’s wife Jissan Mirza and daughters submitted a petition seeking time to appear at Anti-Corruption Commission. Sunday was the scheduled date for

Postponed UP polls being held in southern districts

Shawdesh desk: The postponed Upazila Parishad elections in 18 upazilas across the country’s southern districts were being held peacefully on Sunday. Originally scheduled for May 27, the elections were postponed

Handcuffed Juba League man snatched from police by AL activists in Ctg

Shawdesh Desk: Local activists of the ruling Awami League forcefully freed a handcuffed Juba League member from police custody early Sunday after his arrest linked to a factional clash in

Hasina leaves Dhaka for attending Modi’s oath-taking ceremony

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New Delhi on Saturday morning to attend the oath-taking ceremony of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. A special flight of Biman