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Ensure free treatment for dengue patients: BNP

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday asked the government to provide free treatment to all dengue patients and allocate required subsidy for it. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

PM vows to work till death to fulfil Sheikh Mujib’s dream

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday vowed to work as long as she would be alive to materialise the dream of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sudanese protesters, military agree to form intermediary govt

Sudan’s military council and the main opposition coalition have reached an agreement to usher in a new period of transitional government, African Union mediator for Sudan Mohamed Hassan Lebatt told

Hajj to begin on August 9

Shawdesh Desk: The Supreme Court of the Saudi Arabia confirmed Thursday that the moon of the Arabic month of Zil-Hajj had been sighted, reports Arab News. The report said Hajj

Blogger Avijit murder: Ziaul among 6 indicted

Shawdesh Desk: A special court in Dhaka on Thursday indicted six people including sacked major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, a suspected coordinator of banned extremist outfit Ansar-Al-Islam, in the case

Dengue goes unabated, 2 more die

Shawdesh Desk: Dengue claimed at least two more lives on Wednesday night as the menace was getting worse every day. At least 1,712 new dengue patients were hospitalised in the

BB has ‘no data on remittance outflow’

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Bank does not maintain any data on remittance outflow although it has updated data on remittance inflow, said its officials. Bangladesh Bank government Fazle Kabir and other

Pay from govt fund: Municipality employees protest for 18th day

Shawdesh Desk: Municipality employees continued their agitation for the 18th consecutive day today demanding regular payment from government fund. Several thousand demonstrators brought out a procession in front of the