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Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech was Bangalee’s promise for independence: academics

Shawdesh Desk: Bangabandhu’s landmark March 7 speech was an oath of the Bangalee nation for the Liberation War as the entire nation took oath on that day and became united

Polls to five city corporations to be held by Sept: Md Alamgir

Shawdesh Desk: Elections to five city corporations– Gazipur, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal and Khulna– will be held by September next, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said on Sunday. “The commission has discussed

Bangladesh PM seeks development partners’ 5 key supports for LDCs

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought five key supports from development partners to make smart, innovative and knowledge-based society in Least Developed Countries to promote a

PM Hasina urges Qatar to invest in Bangladesh’s energy sector

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged oil-rich Qatar to make investment in Bangladesh’s energy sector, especially in renewable energy. ‘We remain open to investment proposals in our

Hasina holds meeting with former British PM Tony Blair

Shawdesh Desk: Executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former British prime minister Sir Tony Blair had a breakfast meeting with Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Hasina leaves Dhaka for Doha to attend LDC5 Conference

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Doha on Saturday morning to attend the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, to be held in

Professor Ava elected APAO president as first Bangladeshi

Shawdesh Desk: Eminent Bangladeshi ophthalmologist Professor Ava Hossain has been inducted as the president of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology for the next two years term. Ava became the first

Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty, ILO and UNICEF report warns

Shawdesh desk: The number of children without access to social protection is increasing year-on-year, leaving them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, according to a new report released today