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Japan provides critical funding to WFP’s lifesaving food assistance for Rohingyas

Shawdesh Desk: The government of Japan has provided a new contribution to WFP’s life-saving food assistance for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. “Following the US$ 1 million emergency food assistance

BNP leader Salah Uddin receives travel pass to return Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Salah Uddin Ahmed, a member of the Standing Committee of Bangladesh’s main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party, detained by Indian authorities for trespassing, has received a travel pass

BSMMU post graduate students keep VC confined for hours

Shawdesh Desk: Several hundred post graduate students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University staged demonstration on the campus in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Tuesday to press home their three-point demand

No demand for unskilled workers abroad: Minister

Shawdesh dEsk: Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Sunday said currently there is no market for unskilled labourers abroad but demand for skilled manpower has increased. He

None can pull Bangladesh back again: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said no one could pull Bangladesh back again if children of the country are given the opportunity to flourish their talent. “If we give

Power crisis starts easing

Shawdesh Desk: The power supply situation has started to improve in the country following steps taken by the authorities concerned after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directives to this end. A

Govt decides to reduce price of soybean oil by Tk 10 per litre

Shawdesh desk: The government of Bangladesh on Sunday decided to reduce the price of edible oil, considering the price reduction in the international market, senior secretary to the Ministry of

Eid-ul-Azha 2023: Cumilla to have a surplus of 8,606 sacrificial animals, says livestock dept

Shawdesh desk: In preparation for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, a total of 33,937 farmers in Cumilla are currently rearing sacrificial animals and concerned authorities said there will be a surplus of