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Govt procuring 10 Airbus aircrafts to get commission: Fakhrul

Shawdesh desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government was buying 10 Airbus aircrafts from France with an aim

NBR makes major reshuffle in customs dept

Shawdesh desk: The National Board of Revenue has made a major reshuffle in the customs department through transferring 270 officials. The NBR has transferred simultaneously 268 assistant revenue officers of

UK announces £3,000,000 additional humanitarian support for Rohingyas

Shawdesh desk: The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Philip Barton announced that Britain would provide £3,000,000 (around TK 42 crore) as new funding to support

Bangladesh, France willing to step up defence cooperation, take relations to ‘strategic’ level

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and French president Emmanuel Macron have agreed to work towards taking the partnership for peace, prosperity and people to a ‘strategic’ level. Both

Politicians vow to materialise Zafrullah’s dream of oppression-free society

Shawdesh Desk: Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance at a commemoration meeting at the National Press Club on Monday called to continue mass movement against Awami League government until

Bangladesh’s dengue hospitalisation tops 1.5 lakh this year

Shawdesh Desk: The hospitalisation of dengue patients has crossed 1.5 lakh this year in Bangladesh as the country reported hospitalisation of 2,944 patients in 24 hours ending Monday morning. During

ADC Harun suspended

Shawdesh desk: The government on Monday suspended additional deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Harun-or-Rashid. Senior secretary of the public security division of the home ministry Md Mostafizur Rahman

PM’s presence at G-20 meet draws world leaders’ attention: Quader

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said that although Bangladesh was not a member of G-20, an alliance of powerful states, the presence of prime minister