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Rising Prices of Essentials: Low-income people feel the squeeze

Shawdesh Desk: Prices of essential commodities continue to rise in city kitchen markets, dealing a great blow to low and lower-middle income people who are already under inflationary pressure. The

Stop the war, Hasina tells UNGA

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday gave utmost importance on dialogue to resolve crises and disputes, urging the world community to stop arms race, war and sanctions

Will give reply to Shaon’s murder: BNP

Shawdesh Desk: Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that their party would give a reply to the killing of Munshiganj Juba Dal

PM to focus on peace, climate change in her UNGA speech

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina is due to deliver her speech in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday afternoon (New York time) focusing

Bangladesh’s Covid test positivity rate rises to 15.38pc

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has reported another Covid death with 620 more cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,347 while the

Genocide committed by Pakistani military in 1971 is the most heinous crimes in human history

Shawdesh desk; Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the Genocide of Bangladesh committed in 1971 by the Pakistani military is one of the most heinous crimes in human

Bangladesh extends age limit for govt jobs by 39 months

Shawdesh desk: The government has decided to increase the maximum age limit to enter government jobs by 39 months, from current limit of 30 years, due to prolonged academic life

Benazir Ahmed to go on retirement from IGP post on Sept 30

Shawdesh desk: Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed will go on retirement on September 30. A gazette notification in this regard was issued by the Home Ministry’s Public Security Division