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PM places four proposals before UNGA, dubs Rohingya crisis a regional threat

Shawdesh Desk: With a pleading that Myanmar must manifest a clear political will for sustainable return and reintegration of Rohingyas to their homeland, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has placed a

Prime Minister irks as combined drive not being conducted

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her anger over ongoing anti-corruption and anti-terrorist drives as no other agencies came along with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to conduct combined drives,

Government’s anti-graft drive aimed at hushing up its failure: BNP

Shawdesh Desk: BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is putting some ‘small fry’ behind bars in its current drive against casinos and corrupts to remove its smell of corruption

GK Shamim’s 7 bodyguards shown arrested in money-laundering case

Shawdesh Desk: The seven bodyguards of ‘Jubo League leader’ Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim were on Thursday shown arrested in a money-laundering case filed on September 21. Dhaka Metropolitan

Barbed wire fences to be erected around Rohingya camps: Minister

Shawdesh Desk: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the government will install barbed wire fences around the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar soon, aiming to stop the spread of

ADB projects 8 percent GDP growth for Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday forecasted 8 percent GDP growth for Bangladesh for the current fiscal year. The ADB stated that the GDP growth will be

Indictment hearing in fake birthday case against Khaleda October 9

Shawdesh Desk: A court in Dhaka on Tuesday set October 9 to hold hearing of a case lodged against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for observing fake birthday on August

Bangladesh joins global forum P4G

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh joined the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G), which was officially announced on Monday at an event held in New York on the