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BNP rallies demanding Khaleda’s release

Shawdeh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday went out on a demonstration in Dhaka demanding release of the imprisoned party chairperson Khaleda Zia when the country was celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha.

Passengers suffer as schedules collapse

The rush of Eid travellers appeared to have reached its peak on Friday amidst collapse of schedules of trains and long-route buses, huge traffic gridlocks on highways and at ferry

PM requests home-goers having fever to test blood

Shawdesh Desk: Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that the prime minister has requested Eid holidaymakers, who are suffering from fever, to have their blood tested

India wants more time for Ganges Barrage study

Shawdesh Desk: India on Thursday pressed for unspecified time for conducting an elaborate study on maximising benefit from the construction of Ganges Barrage in Bangladesh. At a meeting of the

Quader asks authorities not to spray ineffective medicines

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to refrain from spraying ineffective mosquito medicines. ‘Effective insecticide will arrive in Dhaka within two to

Tax, duties on dengue test kits lifted

Shawdesh Desk: National Board of Revenue has lifted import tax, value added tax, advanced tax and advanced income tax on dengue test kits to ease the diagnosis and treatment of

Teenage boy, expectant mother die of dengue in city

Shawdesh Desk: An expectant mother and a teenage boy died of dengue in different hospitals in the capital early Monday. Sharmin Akhter Shapla, 32, wife of Nazmul Hasan, deputy director

None knows when new larvicide will arrive

The government agencies concerned are still unaware about when the new effective insecticide to control aedes mosquitoes responsible for the spread of dengue will arrive in the country. Meanwhile, the