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Hijacked ship moving from Somalia coast

Shawdesh dEsk: The hijacked Bangladeshi-flagged cargo vessel ‘MV Abdullah’ started moving from the Somalia coast on Friday which was anchored at seven nautical miles away from the shore on Thursday.

Govt sets prices of 29 commodities

Shawdesh desk: The government on Friday announced the rational prices of 29 agricultural commodities, including broiler chicken, egg, beef, mutton and fish, amid another spell of price hike of almost

Hijacked MV Abdullah anchors near Somalian port of Garacad

Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh-flagged ship MV Abdullah which was hijacked by pirates dropped anchor some 20 nautical miles off the Somalian port of Garacad around 1pm on Thursday. “None from

Govt investigating whether BNP has connections with syndicates, hoarding: Quader

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the government is trying to identify those who are involved in market syndicates and investigating whether BNP has any

PM stresses need of diversifying jute products as per market demand

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for diversifying jute products according to the demand of the international market to unlock a huge export potential. ‘We’ve

All injured in Gazipur gas cylinder blast in a critical condition

Shawesh Desk: All 32 people, who were injured in the gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur’s Kaliakair on Wednesday and admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic

‘Vendetta against’ Prof Yunus to negatively impact US-Bangladesh partnership: Senator

Shawdesh DEsk: The United States Senator Richard Joseph Durbin has warned the Bangladesh ambassador to the United States that a failure to end the vendetta against Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad

President returns home after health check-up

Shawdesh Desk: President Mohammed Shahabuddin returned home on Thursday morning after a health check-up in London. An Emirates Airlines flight EK-582 carrying the president and his spouse Rebeka Sultana, landed