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PM seeks national biobank to innovate medical, life sciences disciplines

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for establishing a world standard national biobank to innovate and discover medical and other branches of life sciences disciplines in

Shirin Sharmin sworn in as Speaker of 12th JS

Shawdesh desk: Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury was sworn in as the Speaker of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad after she was elected as the Speaker for the record fourth consecutive term in

Police release BNP leader Moyeen Khan hours after his detention

Shawdesh Desk: Police released BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moyeen Khan hours after his detention from Uttara area of Dhaka on Tuesday. Moyeen Khan was released around 3:30 pm, Shamsuddin

Bangladesh slides two steps down in Corruption Perception Index

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh slides two steps to the 10th position from the bottom among the 180 countries covered in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2023, compared to 12th position

Bangladesh to utilize China’s experience for next five-year plan

Shawdesh Desk: Planning minister Major General (retired) Abdus Salam said on Tuesday that the Bangladesh government was considering to utilise Chinese experience for formulating the next national five-year plan. He

Global Leaders renew call for justice for Professor Yunus

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 241 global leading people in different fields including over 125 Nobel laureates have sent an open letter to Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina for the

‘An ad, not statement for Yunus on Washington Post’: FM

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said that what appeared on Washington Post regarding Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was an advertisement, not a statement. ‘Washington Post published

Raushan takes helm, relieves GM Quader, Chunnu of JaPa posts

Shawdesh Desk: Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chief Patron Raushan Ershad has relieved its Chairman GM Quader and Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu of the party posts. She made the announcement at