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None can stop Bangladesh’s indomitable advancement: PM

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed her firm conviction that none can stop the indomitable pace of the country’s advancement as it has become a “role model”

Covid-19: Ten more districts marked as high-risk zones

Shawdesh desk: After designating Dhaka and Rangamati as ‘red-zones’, health authorities on Wednesday marked 10 more districts in the ‘high-level risk’ category in the wake of a rise in Covid

BNP appoints lobbyist against country with illegal money: Hasan

Shawdesh desk: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud questioned BNP’s right to politics in the country, saying that this party has hired lobbying firms abroad spending illegal money to conduct

No price hike for edible oil now: Tipu Munshi

Shawdesh Desk: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said that the government has no plan to hike edible oil prices in the next 15 days. The minister announced the decission at

Indictment hearing against Khaleda in Niko graft case March 8

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court fixed March 8 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman passed the order

Bangladesh strongly condemns the Houthi militias’ attack in Abu Dhabi

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has strongly condemned the Houthi militias’ attack with explosive-laden drones on Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates resulting in explosion of petroleum tankers and fire in

UN chief: ‘Global solidarity is missing in action’

Shawdesh Desk: Addressing the virtual World Economic Forum, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, told world and business leaders that “global solidarity is missing in action”. Because of the COVID-19

PM issues 24-point directives to DCs

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday issued a 24-point directive to deputy commissioners (DCs) linking hassle-free services from public offices to removing corruption from the ongoing development programmes.