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Armed forces being made capable to defend external attack: Hasina

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that the armed forces were being built as capable to defend any attack from the external forces to secure country’s independence

Bangladesh to send more assistance to Turkey, Momen tells Turkish FM

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday told his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu that Bangladesh was ready to send all-out support to Turkey. He made the promise

Washington deals with root causes of Rohingya crisis: US State Dept

Shawdesh Desk: The United States (US) has been dealing with root causes of Rohingya crisis alongside extending support to Dhaka to tackle over a million of the forcibly displaced minority

BB to release new 1,000-Taka notes from tomorrow

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to issue new banknotes of Taka 1,000 denomination signed by its governor, Abdur Rouf Talukder, from tomorrow. It will initially be issued from

Bangladesh has 5th highest number of leprosy cases: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: The situation of persons affected by leprosy in Bangladesh indicates that the country’s outstanding economic growth was not reaching the entire population, a UN expert said on Wednesday.

Next elections will be free, fair: Hasina tells US envoy

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the next parliamentary election would be fair and free as she was committed to democracy and the Election Commission was

PM hands over keys of 5000 houses to poor freedom fighters

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday handed over the keys of 5000 houses built under the government’s ‘Bir Nibash’ project for underprivileged freedom fighters. The prime minister handed

HC order allowing Adarsha to participate in Ekushey Book Fair stayed

Shawdesh desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a High Court order that had allowed publishing house Adarsha Prakash to participate in the ongoing Ekushey Book