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Nothing changed about US desires on meeting aspirations of Bangladeshis: John Kirby

Shawdesh Desk: United States National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby has said that nothing has changed about US desires to see that the aspirations of the Bangladeshi

Myanmar’s junta leader meets with ASEAN special envoy

Shawdesh desk: Myanmar’s junta leader met with the special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), state media said Thursday, with the regional bloc seeking to find a diplomatic

SC bans practice of two lawyers for four weeks on contempt allegation

Shawdesh desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday asked two Supreme Court lawyers — Mohammad Mohsen Rashid and Shah Ahmed Badal — not to appear in courts

BNP chairperson Khaleda set to return home from hospital

Shawdesh desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka for over five months, is set to return to

EU to continue work with Bangladesh government

Shawdesh desk: The European Union (EU) has assured that it would work with the upcoming new Bangladesh government led by Awami League that witnessed a landslide victory in the 12th

11 JaPa MPs take oath of office

Shawdesh Desk: Newly elected eleven MPs of Jatiya Party (JaPa), long considered Bangladesh’s third-largest political force, took the oath of office on Wednesday morning. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath

Hasina asks AL lawmakers to put highest emphasis on people’s welfare

Shawdesh desk: Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told her party’s newly elected lawmakers that their highest priority should be the welfare of the people. ‘Therefore,

Sheikh Hasina re-elected leader of the House

Shawdesh desk: Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected as the leader of the House unanimously for the 12th parliament. After taking oath, the new AL