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PM happy as new generation takes interest to know history

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday appreciated the new generation as it wants to know the history of the country and feels proud of the victory in the

Schedule for by-elections to four vacant constituencies May 24

Shawdesh Desk: With a view to holding by-elections to four vacant constituencies in the upcoming July, the Election Commission (EC) will declare schedule on May 24. The EC took the

Bangladesh reports 37 more Covid-19 deaths

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh confirmed 37 more deaths from Covid-19 while health authorities detected 1,608 new cases in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8 am. With today’s figures, the total

Proposal approved to procure vaccines from China

Shawdesh Desk: The government approved a proposal in principle to procure SARS COV 2 (COVID-19) vaccines from Sinopharm of China under Direct Procurement Method (DPM) in order to meet the growing

China hands over 5 lakh doses Covid-19 vaccine as gift

Shawdesh Desk: China on Wednesday formally handed over five lakh doses of its Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh as gift while Dhaka is keeping its efforts on globally to get

BNP calls emergency press conference

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called an emergency press conference. The conference will be held at 12:00 noon on Tuesday at BNP Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in

We’ll decide our foreign policy: FM

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh maintains a non-aligned and balanced foreign policy and it will decide what to do following that principles. “We’re

Bangladesh hands over medicines, PPE for Covid affected people of Nepal

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik handed over medicines and health protection items to the Nepalese Ambassador in Dhaka Dr. Banshidhor