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WB gives $200m in loans to fight common diseases like dengue

Shawdesh desk: The World Bank on Wednesday approved $200 million to help Bangladesh improve primary healthcare services for treatment, prevention and referral for common illnesses including mosquito-borne diseases like dengue,

PM’s participation at G20 Summit to strengthen Dhaka-Delhi ties further: FM

Shawdesh desk: Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said that prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s participation at the G20 Summit in New Delhi will add yet another feather to the

Bangladesh NGO founder Korvi Rakhsand receives Magsaysay Award

Shawdesh desk; Bangladeshi non-profit Jaago Foundation’s founder, Korvi Rakhsand, has been named as one of the four recipients of the 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Awards. The 38-year-old Korvi, who founded the

Timor PM wants to learn from Sheikh Hasina

Shawdesh desk: Timor Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao on Tuesday said he would like to learn from his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on how to ensure food security

US envoy holds closed-door meeting with DMP chief for 1.5hrs

Shawdesh desk: United States ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas held a closed-door meeting with Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Khandaker Golam Farooq at the DMP headquarters for one and a half

PDB to buy power from Saudi company-led joint venture

Shawdesh desk: The cabinet committee on government purchase in a meeting on Wednesday approved a proposal of purchasing per unit of electricity at Tk 11.067 from the proposed 300 Megawatt

US deputy assistant secretary Mira Resnick to visit Dhaka next week

Shawdesh Desk: United States deputy assistant secretary of state for regional security at the bureau of political-military affairs, Mira Resnick, is likely to be in Dhaka next week to discuss

Air pollution keeps taking heavy toll on people in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Air pollution is directly responsible for deaths in all chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases while contributing indirectly to many other communicable and non-communicable diseases, physicians and public health experts