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President asks to ensure regular attendance at offices

Shawdesh Desk; President M Abdul Hamid has asked all government employees, including teachers and staffs of educational institutions to ensure regular office attendance side by side performing their respective duties

Aug-21 grenade attack was planned in Hawa Bhaban: Joy

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister’s ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said BNP leader Tarique Rahman had a meeting with the planners and enforcers of the blast at Hawa Bhaban prior

Former Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar dies

Shawdesh Desk: Former Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar passed away at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday. He was 80. Mahbub Talukdar, a renowned poet, juvenile writer and former civil

World Bank lauds Bangladesh development under PM Hasina’s leadership

Shawdesh Desk: The World Bank’s outgoing country director Mercy Miyang Tembon on Wednesday highly appreciated Bangladesh’s overall socioeconomic development, including women empowerment under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

JP to bargain hard over seat sharing

Shawdesh Desk: Jatiya Party is going ahead with a plan to go for hard bargaining over seat sharing with the ruling Awami League or opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in

Myanmar: No justice, no freedom for Rohingya 5 years on

Shawdesh Desk: Rohingya Muslims are still awaiting justice and protection of their rights five years after the Myanmar military began a sweeping campaign of massacres, rape, and arson in northern

Malaysian immigration bust illegal money changing syndicate led by a Bangladeshi

Shawdesh desk: KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Immigration Department has busted an alleged money-changing syndicate led by a Bangladeshi following the arrest of six men, including the mastermind, in a special

Momen denies he asked India to help Hasina government stay in power

Shawdesh desk: Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday once again denied that he urged the Indian government to help Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to stay in power. “I’m far