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PDB to install 1.05m more prepaid metres

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will bring 1.05 million more users under smart prepaid meters coverage in the next three years to cut power system loss and bill

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Bangladesh reports 8,359 fresh cases, 36 deaths from Covid-19

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh reported 8,359 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 36 lives. “The country reported 23.83 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 35,074 samples were tested in the past 24

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Noted journalist Pir Habibur passes away, Bashundhara Group Chairman condoles the death

Shawdesh desk: Noted journalist and daily Bangladesh Pratidin’s Executive Editor Pir Habibur Rahman passed away at a hospital in the capital. He breathed his last at the Labaid Hospital around 4:08

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EC formation: Search committee led by Justice Obaidul Hasan formed

Shawdesh desk: A six-member search committee led by Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Justice Obaidul Hasan has been formed in a bid to constitute new Election Commission (EC). The other

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Bangladesh a country of communal harmony: PM

Shawdesh dEsk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony as people of all faiths here have been observing their respective religious festivals with freedom

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Will strengthen cooperation with Bangladesh: Hungary

Shawdesh desk: Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto has expressed his optimism to further strengthen its cooperation with Bangladesh in the years to come. “I am confident

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PM’s decision to build a hospital in CRB is final: Sujan

Shawdesh desk: Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will take final decision regarding the construction of a hospital in CRB area. “Since the decision was

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Govt extends ongoing Covid restrictions till Feb 21

Shawdesh desk: As the country is still witnessing a sharp rise of COVID-19 cases, the governmetn on Thursday issued a gazette notification extending ongoing restrictions till February 21 to contain

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