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Money laundering in the name of bitumen import!

Shawdesh desk: A huge volume of money is being laundered through over-invoicing in the name of bitumen import. Analyzing the volume of bitumen import, quality and international market price, it

Maritime ports asked to hoist signal 2 as Cyclone Yaas looms over Bay

Shawdesh Desk: The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to hoist distant warning signal number two as a deep depression over the east-central Bay of

Journalist Rozina Islam walks out of jail after one week

Shawdesh Desk: Prothom Alo senior reporter Rozina Islam, who was sent to jail on May 18 in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act, walked out of Kashimpur Women’s

Bangladesh confirms 28 more Covid-19 deaths, 1,354 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh confirmed 28 more deaths from Covid-19 while registered 1,354 new cases in the previous 24 hours till Sunday 8:00am. With the new figures, the death toll hit

PM urges all to remain alert as another cyclone coming

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged all to remain alert as cyclone ‘Yaas’ may hit Bangladesh in a couple of days. “Another cyclone is coming, it’s just

Govt issues circular extending lockdown till May 30

Shawdesh desk: The government has again extended the ongoing restrictions on public movement and gathering, or so-called, lockdown, for another week — until May 30 — to contain the spread

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges youths to be self-reliant thru fish farming

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the youths to engage themselves in self-employment activities availing of the government facilities to be financially self-reliant and make a prosperous

Bangladesh records 38 more Covid-19 deaths

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has confirmed 38 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total death tally to 12,348. Meanwhile, 1,028 more people were infected with Covid-19 in the