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PM to handover 26,229 abodes to homeless families Thursday

Shawdesh Desk; As part of the government’s target to ensure housing for the landless and homeless people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over 26,229 more houses to landless and

Bangladesh to procure 50,000t wheat, 30,000t fertiliser

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some 50,000 tonnes of wheat and some 30,000 tonnes of granular urea fertiliser to meet the growing demand of

22 killed, 33 injured in car crash in southern Egypt

Shawdesh desk: At least 22 people were killed and 33 injured in a car crash on Tuesday near Egypt’s southern province of Minya, authorities said. The crash took place in

PM denounces war for causing public sufferings

Shawdesh Desk; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday denounced any kind of war saying it always causes sufferings to the mass people. She said this while visiting Indian Army chief

398 killed in road accidents during Eid-Ul-Azha journey

Shawdesh Desk: At least 398 people were killed and 774 others injured in 319 road accidents across the country during Eid-ul- Azha journey. Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh disclosed the

Govt to cut fuel import by 20pc; Area-based load shedding from today

Shawdesh Desk: The government has decided to cut the import of fuel, particularly diesel, by 20 percent as an austerity measure to save dollars and keep its foreign reserves stable.

Nationwide special vaccination campaign begins

Shawdesh Desk: The government is holding a special vaccination campaign across the country, including in Dhaka today, aiming to inoculate 75 people with the booster and second shots of the

Countrywide daylong Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday

Shawdesh Desk: The nationwide daylong Covid-19 vaccination campaign will be observed tomorrow (on July 19) to expedite the vaccination programme to combat the outbreak of the deadly virus. “The government has decided