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Newly-elected MPs sworn in

Desk Report: The newly-elected members of parliament (MPs) were sworn in on Wednesday. Of them, the outgoing speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury first took oath herself as an MP and

PM Hasina pays homage to Bangabandhu on Homecoming Day

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as Bangladesh celebrates its founding father’s homecoming from a Pakistani jail in 1972. On this day

AL gets 167 seats, independent candidates 49 out of 227 seats

Desk Report: Awami League (AL) leads the election result with a big difference as the counting is underway, the election commission said. AL got 167 seats, independent candidates won 49

Fish crisis hits dried fish production in greater Chalan Beel

SIRAJUL ISLAM SHISHIR: Dried fish production in greater Chalan Beel is being seriously hampered this year due to shortage of fishes caused by random netting mother fishes during their breeding

Bogura, Sirajganj weavers in dire straits

Raw material crisis behind soaring prices of yarn, dye Sky Report: Weavers of Bogura and Sirajganj are now in dire straits due to soaring prices of dye and yarn amid

Strengthening of TC Law a must to prevent tobacco related deaths: Fisheries and Livestock Minister

Staff Correspondent: S M Rezaul Karim, Minister of Fisheries and Livestock of Bangladesh, said, the initiative to amend tobacco control law is a timely one. His ministry stands beside the