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Road crashes kill 7,809 people in 2021

Shawdesh Desk: At least 7,809 people were killed and and 9,039 were injured in 5,629 road accidents across the country in 2021, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said on Sunday. Mozammel

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Covax opens new front in pandemic arms race

Shawdesh Desk: Covax aims to break the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022 by ensuring a steady supply of vaccines at last for the world’s poorest countries — and swiftly getting them

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3 held over abusing transgender beauty vlogge

Shawdesh Desk: Three persons, including a woman, were killed in a case filed over holding transgender beauty vlogger Saad Mua captive and blackmailing, abusing her. RAB arrested prime accused Ishtiaq

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Rain, thundershowers likely in parts of country

Shawdesh Desk: Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely in different parts of the country commencing 9 am on Sunday. “Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary

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Trade Organisation Bill placed in JS

Shawdesh Desk: The Trade Organisation Bill, 2022 was placed in Parliament on Sunday, aiming to allow the foreign traders to form joint-trade bodies in Bangladesh. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi placed

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Bomb on bus kills seven in western Afghan city: officials

Shawdesh Desk: A bomb blast on a minibus killed at least seven people in an area inhabited by the minority Shiite community in the western Afghan city of Herat on

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Pfizer CEO says frequent boosters ‘not a good scenario,’ hopes for yearly vaccine

Shawdesh desk: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Saturday said people getting COVID-19 booster shots every four to five months is “not a good scenario” and argued that an annual vaccine

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Dhaka Gate: Historic but left to decay

Shawdesh Desk: Be it Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate or Delhi’s India Gate — all these structures are the symbols of the respective cities and testimony of their

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