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Remdesivir cuts need for medical ventilation by 50pc in Covid patients:Study

Shawdesh Desk: New research from a trial involving 52 Canadian hospitals indicates use of the antiviral Remdesivir could reduce the need for medical ventilation by nearly 50% in patients hospitalised

Tongan ‘Aquaman’ survives 27 hours in sea

Shawdesh dEsk: A 57-year-old Tongan man who says he was in the water for around 27 hours after being swept out to sea during Saturday’s devastating tsunami has been hailed

Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Barapukuria coalmine graft case March 6

Shawdesh dEsk: The court fixed March 6 for hearing on charge framing in Barapukuria coalmine graft case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others. Judge AHM Ruhul Imran of Dhaka’s Special

SUST protest reaches DU campus

Shawdesh Desk: The wave of protests against the Vice-Chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has reached the Dhaka University campus. On Thursday morning, Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal

Shakib, Mushfiq, Mustafiz in ICC ODI team of the year

Shawdesh Desk: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday announced the ODI Team of the Year 2021, including three Bangladeshi players in the squad. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim

Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, wife catch Covid-19, hospitalised

Shawdesh dEsk: Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and his wife Dalia Firoz have been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19. The Chief Justice was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical

Biden nominates first Bangladeshi American woman as federal judge

Shawdesh dEsk: US President Joe Biden has nominated Bangladeshi-American Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to be the first Muslim woman to serve as a federal judge in the United States. Choudhury’s nomination

Omicron cases rise to 62 as 7 new patients detected

Shawdesh DEsk: Seven more cases of Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in Bangladesh, taking the total tally to 62 till Wednesday, according to GISAID, the global database