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Aug 15 plot perpetrators will be unmasked: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the perpetrators behind the conspiracy in assassinating Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would be unmasked one day. Addressing

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Factories reopen amid Covid surge as ‘economy falters’

Shawdesh Desk: Export-oriented industries resumed operation on Sunday, the 10th day of the ongoing stringent lockdown, amid warnings against Covid surge as workers started returning to their workplaces without maintaining

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First goods train to reaches Bangladesh thru Haldibari-Chilahati route today

Shawdesh Desk: The first goods train to Bangladesh through the re-opened Haldibari-Chilahati rail link is due reach Bangladesh on Sunday afternoon. In a significant breakthrough towards connectivity, India and Bangladesh

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August 15 Tragedy: Month of mourning begins

Shawdesh Desk: The month of mourning begins today for the nation to recall the most brutal assassination of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The killing of

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8 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan to arrive in afternoon

Shawdesh desk: Nearly 8 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon under the Covax scheme.. A flight of Cathay Pacific Airways carrying 781,320

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Thousands returning to Dhaka as factories going to reopen Sunday

Shawdesh Desk: Although public transport movement remained suspended, thousands of people started returning to Dhaka on the 9th day of ‘strict’ lockdown on Saturday following the government’s announcement that mills

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Govt sets target to vaccinate 10m people

Shawdesh Desk: The government has set a target to vaccinate around one crore people through its weeklong countrywide vaccination campaign to start from August 7. People will be able to

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Helena Jahangir put on 3-day remand

Shawdesh desk: Helena Jahangir was put on three days’ remand on Friday after the businesswoman was arrested from her Gulshan residence in the capital on Thursday midnight. A Dhaka metropolitan

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