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PM Hasina inaugurates 100 bridges across Bangladesh

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday inaugurated 100 newly constructed bridges in 25 districts of Bangladesh. The total length of the bridges is 5,494 meters and the construction

HC extends bail to BNP chair Khaleda in two defamation cases

Shawdesh desk: The High Court on Monday extended Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail in two defamation cases filed in Dhaka and Narail districts. The HC bench of Justice

29 dengue patients die in five days of Nov

Shawdesh Desk: The Directorate General of Health Services has recoded 29 deaths from dengue in five days of November till Sunday amid a sharp rise in dengue cases in different

Govt not to take anymore mega projects before elections Quader

Shawdesh desk: Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that the government would not take any new mega project before the next national election. ‘As per the

PM greets Lula, hopes to work together for world peace

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today congratulated Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on winning the presidential elections in Brazil and is looking forward to working together for world peace

Bangladesh can raise up to $12.5b in addl financing for climate action: WB report

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh can raise up to $12.5 billion in additional financing in the medium-term for climate action with the financing options include budget prioritization, carbon taxation, external financing and

Dengue kills 5 more people, hospitalises 873 others in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: At least five more people died of dengue in the past 24 hours across Bangladesh, taking the total official death toll to 141 since January. Of the fresh

Government rearranges daily office hours, effective from Nov 15

Shawdesh Desk: The government has rearranged the daily office hours from 9:00am to 4:00pm for all the government and autonomous offices. The decision came at the regular cabinet meeting chaired