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PM calls for setting up fish processing industries

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the new generation to come forward for establishing fish processing industries, aiming to increase the number of export items and earn

Bangladesh flood kills 2 more, death toll rises to 129

Shawdesh Desk: Two more people died due to floods across Bangladesh in 24 hours till Sunday morning. The number of reported fatalities, from May 17 to July 23, rose to

HC rejects Rony’s writ petition against demolishing ancestral house

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Sunday summarily rejected a writ petition filed by former Awami League lawmaker from Patuakhali 3 Golam Maula Rony on June 19 challenging the legality

Work for people who pay for your salaries, PM tells public servants

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the public servants to devote themselves to the welfare of the people who pay taxes for their salaries, comforts and luxuries.

Bangladesh Betar DG passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Betar Ahmed Quamruzzaman has passed away. He died while undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hosapital in Singpore on Friday (July 22). Confirming the death news, private

Wasfia becomes first Bangladeshi to scale K2

Shawdesh Desk: Wasfia Nazreen has become the first Bangladeshi to scale Pakistan’s K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. The 39-year-old Wasfia completed this mission with 11 other summiteers from

PM mourns death of Deputy Speaker Adv Fazle Rabbi Miah

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has condoled the death of Deputy Speaker Advocate Md. Fazle Rabbi Miah. In a message, the premier said Fazle Rabbi Miah was engaged in

Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah dies

Shawdesh desk: Deputy Speaker Md Fazle Rabbi Miah has passed away in New York while undergoing treatment there. He was 76. The valiant freedom fighter fought against the Pakistan Army