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UNHCR ‘not involved’ in Bangladesh-Myanmar meeting on Rohingya repatriation

Shawdesh desk: UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has said that conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State are currently ‘not conducive’ to the sustainable return of Rohingyas. ‘UNHCR’s position on returns of

PM’s gifted house symbol of new life, hope to Balaram Karmakar

Shawdesh desk: Balaram Karmakar, a 65-year old person of Kotalipara in Gopalganj, became pauper losing last belongings in treatment of his wife and son. He paid debt selling ancestral house

90 lakh litre diesel imported first day through India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline

Shawdesh desk: As many as 90 lakh litre diesel has been imported first day through India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline. Diesel import has started through the pipeline on Saturday. Bangladesh Prime Minister

PM Hasina offers India to use Chattogram, Sylhet ports

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for enhancing regional connectivity for boosting trade and commerce, offering India to use Bangladesh’s Chattogram and Sylhet ports for

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Rapid Action Battalion to play an effective role in maintaining peace, security and stability to smoothen Bangladesh’s journey towards a

People not to take part in polls without caretaker govt: Fakhrul

Shawdesh desk: Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that people would not participate in the government arranged ‘election trap’ without the caretaker

Prices of both raw, refined sugar to be reduced by Tk 5 per kg

Shawdesh desk: Commerce minister Tipu Munshi said traders have agreed to reduce the prices of sugar by Tk 5 per kg after the reduction in import duty on both raw and

Fever, respiratory illness spread across country

Shawdesh desk: Viral and bacterial fever and respiratory illness have spread across the country, including the capital, at the end of winter, affecting people, mainly children and the elderly. The