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Financial account deficit of Bangladesh hits $7.3 billion

Shawdesh Desk: The country’s financial account deficit soared to $7,354 million in July-January, the first seven months of the current financial year 2023–24, against a deficit of just $812 million

No action against misuse of basements

Shawdesh Desk: The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha took no action, except serving notices several times, in the past year against the misuse of basements in 683 buildings found in a survey

ADB approves $71 million loan for Bangladesh’s water resources management

Shawdesh Desk: The Asian Development Bank has approved $71 million loan to improve flood control, irrigation, and water resources management in rural communities of Gopalganj and Madaripur districts in Bangladesh

Democratic politics key to integrated dev: Prof Yunus

Shawdesh Desk: Professor Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi Peace Nobel Laureate, who is facing corruption charges in Dhaka, says that he has been exposed to a hostile environment in the country

179 Myanmar troops take shelter in Bangladesh again

Shawdesh Desk: At least 179 personnel from Myanmar security forces crossed the border near Naikhyangchari in Bandarban on Monday and sought shelter in Bangladesh amid their ongoing conflict with the

Average life expectancy of people falls by 1.6 years due to Covid

Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a more dramatic decline than previously thought, a

29 Myanmar BGP members take shelter in Bangladesh again

Shawdesh desk: Amid a conflict between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group in Myanmar’s Rakhine, 29 members of Border Guard Police took shelter again in Bangladesh on Monday,

PM urges doctors to devote more time to medical research

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the doctors in the country to devote more time to research in medical science burying the mentality of doing private practice