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Govt should reconsider proposal of repatriation of smuggled out money

Shawdesh Desk: Planning minister MA Mannan on Thursday hoped that Bangladesh government would reconsider the proposed budgetary measure for repatriation of laundered money. The government is facing lot of criticisms

Myanmar: UN human rights expert to visit Malaysia

Shawdesh Desk: The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, will conduct a weeklong mission to Malaysia from June 17 to meet high government officials,

Stay alert as vested quarter out to thwart bridge inauguration: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked all security forces including the armed forces to remain alert, saying the people who opposed Padma Bridge construction are out to

Khaleda Zia shifted to cabin from CCU

Shawdesh desk: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the city was shifted to a cabin from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) on Wednesday. The former prime

Padma Bridge symbol of dignity; future of Bangladesh hinges much on this bridge: Joy

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said Padma Bridge is not just an engineering masterpiece but a symbol of pride and dignity of Bangladesh as

Air pollution shortening lives by almost 9 years in Dhaka, says study

Shawdesh desk: Air pollution has shortened life expectancy in Dhaka by almost nine years, and across the country by 6.9 years, a new study by a US research group says.

ECNEC approves 10 projects involving Tk 10,855 crore

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the authorities concerned to establish a museum on Padma Bridge at a suitable place in Bhanga as the Executive Committee of the National Economic

Cumilla city polls an acid test for EC

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the authorities concerned to construct a museum at the Padma Bridge site to exhibit everything related to the bridge construction. State Minister