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President returns to Dhaka after health check-up in UK

Shawdesh desk: President Abdul Hamid on Thursday returned to Dhaka from the United Kingdom after a health check-up. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the president landed at

Govt trying to make Bangladesh unstable over BNP rally: Fakhrul

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government was trying to push the country towards instability and uncertainty by creating a

Hasina seeks robust Singaporean investment in economic zones

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged Singaporean entrepreneurs to make larger investment in Bangladesh’s economic zones as Singapore expressed eagerness to work together on sustainable and renewable

FS Masud gets 2-year extension as senior secretary

Shawdesh Desk: The government has extended the tenure of Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen by two more years under a contractual appointment effective from December 6, 2022 or from the

Chinese company to act as service provider for realizing tolls at Bangabandhu Tunnel

Shawdesh Desk: China Communications Construction Company Ltd will act as the service provider for ensuring maintenance and realizing tolls at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel in Chattogram with a

Govt okays import of 1.8 lakh MT fertiliser

Shawdesh desk: The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved a number of proposals including import of a total of 180,000 metric tons (MT) of fertiliser. The committee

Bangladesh targets to raise cotton production five folds by 2030

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has set a target to raise five times the cotton production by 2030, introducing new varieties and expanding cultivation areas, since the country appeared as the second

Dhaka urges developed nations to double provision of adaptation finance by 2025

Shawdesh DEsk: Environment, forest and climate change affairs Minister Shahab Uddin has urged the developed countries to at least double their collective provision of adaptation finance by 2025, as agreed