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Bangladesh’s foreign debt repayment mounts as taka devalues

Shawdesh Desk The devaluation of the local currency against the US dollar is going to render the country’s interest payment against the foreign loans costly by more than Tk 2,000

Bangladesh prime minister Hasina attends coronation of King Charles III

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday attended the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London. The ceremony, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, sees King

Big dengue outbreak feared

Shawdesh desk: The sudden surge in dengue hospitalisation over the past five days has created a fear of a major dengue outbreak among the residents of the capital city and

PM to attend Commonwealth summit this afternoon

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – a biennial summit of governmental leaders from all Commonwealth nations- today. The summit will hold

Dhaka-North Bengal rail link suspended due to freight train derails in Sirajganj

Shawdesh Desk: Train movement from Dhaka to the country’s Western, North and South regions has remained suspended since Friday afternoon after a freight train got derailed on Dhaka-Iswardi rail tracks

UNSC ‘a mute witness’ to deterioration of Rohingya situation, Bangladesh says

Shawdesh desk: Referring to the growing mistrust between people and the global institutions, Bangladesh has urged the UN Security Council to demonstrate unity and decisiveness in addressing visible threats to

Bangladesh a ‘modern miracle, one of the most exciting growth stories’: US Chamber of Commerce SVP

Shawdesh Desk: President of the US-Bangladesh Business Council and Senior Vice President for South Asia at the US Chamber of Commerce, Atul Keshap, has called Bangladesh a “modern miracle, and

Price of bottled soybean oil increases by Tk 12 per litre

Shawdesh Desk: The price of bottled soybean oil has been hiked by Tk 12 per litre to Tk 199, which is effective from Thursday, May 4, 2023. Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and