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Retest finds antibiotics in milk again

Shawdesh Desk: Multiple antibiotic residues have again been detected in all the 10 samples of both pasteurised and non-pasteurised cow milk tested at a Dhaka University laboratory. A group of

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Imran, Fazilatunnesa take oath of office

Shawdesh Desk: State minister Imran Ahmad, who was promoted to a full minister, and newly appointed state minister Fazilatunnesa took oath of office on Saturday. President Abdul Hamid administered the

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Textbooks don’t reflect curriculum objectives

Shawdesh Desk: The objectives set in the national curriculums for the school children have no reflection in the textbooks and the classroom activities for which the pupils fail to achieve

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207 killed extrajudicially, 16 disappeared in 6 months: Odhikar

Shawdesh Desk: At least 207 people were killed extra-judicially in the first half of 2019, according to a report of rights group Odhikar released on Friday. The organisation in its human

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World Bank okays $100mn to provide safe water, sanitation in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: The World Bank has approved $100 million to increase access to improved water supply and sanitation system in selected 30 municipalities in Bangladesh as well as to help

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Protesters fail to see dev: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that the people who were demonstrating against the gas price hike were failing to understand the reality and did not see

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Cabinet to be expanded on Saturday

Shawdesh Desk: The size of the Bangladesh cabinet is going to be expanded on Saturday. Responding to a question at a press briefing on DCs’ Conference at the Secretariat on

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PM stresses need for roadmap of promoting Islamic tourism

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for preparing a roadmap to promote Islamic tourism as a global brand to unlock the potentials of its rapidly

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