Global leaders discuss healthier future for all: Top 5 fast facts
Shawdesh Desk: Some 4.5 billion people, more than half the global population, do not have enough access to essential health services, an issue that world leaders and ministers will tackle ReadMore
Biden meets Central Asian leaders at UN to boost ties
Shawdesh Desk: US President Joe Biden stressed the “territorial integrity” of Central Asia on Wednesday after meeting regional leaders, adding that he may soon visit one of the nations in ReadMore
Habibur made DMP commissioner
Shawdesh desk: The government on Wednesday appointed additional inspector general of police Habibur Rahman the new commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The new appointment at crucial and top police ReadMore
Number of internet users in Bangladesh reaches nearly 131 million
Shawdesh Desk: The total number of Bangladeshi Internet users reached 130.94 million at the end of July, showed the latest statistics of the country’s telecom regulator. According to the Bangladesh ReadMore
PM for reorganising financial system for overcoming global economic crisis
Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for reorganising international financial mechanism to address the ongoing global economic crisis. She came up with the importance ReadMore
Two youths arrested over killing elderly woman in Tangail
Shawdesh Desk: Police on Tuesday night arrested two people in connection with the murder of Sultana Suraiya, 65, mother of The Business Standard news editor Abu Shyem Akhund. The arrested ReadMore
Brown University accords special honour to Hasina for community clinic
Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday was accorded special honour by the Brown University as the United Nations recognised her brainchild community clinic model to reach healthcare services ReadMore
Newly released ADB report predicts better year for Bangladesh in FY2024
Shawdesh Desk: Asian Development Bank has projected Bangladesh’s gross domestic product growth to be 6.5 per cent in the fiscal year 2024, compared to an estimated growth of 6 per ReadMore
