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Voting underway in 708 unions in fifth phase of UP polls

Shawdesh Desk: Balloting in the elections to some 708 Union Parishads (UPs) in 48 districts of the country is underway in the fifth phase of the countrywide elections to the

President, PM greet Tigers for test victory against New Zealand

Shawdesh Desk: President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday morning extended heartiest congratulation to the national cricket team as they secured a thumping eight-wicket victory against

Dhaka is world’s second-most polluted city

Shawdesh Desk: The densely populated capital of Bangladesh continues to dominate the list of world cities with the worst air quality. On Wednesday, Dhaka occupied the second position in the

Govt targets to send 1m workers abroad by June

Shawdesh desk: The government is targeting to export one million workers by the next six months. Reopening of the Malaysian labour market, potential manpower export agreements with a few more

Global Covid cases near 295 million as Omicron spreads

Shawdesh desk: The overall number of global coronavirus cases is fast approaching 295 million, with the new Covid strain Omicron showing a spike in the number of hospitalisations. According to

Sourav Ganguly’s daughter contracts Covid

Sports Desk: Indian cricket control board chief Sourav Ganguly’s 20-year-old daughter Sana has tested positive for Covid, a week after her father was hospitalised after contracting the virus. “Sana is

OPEC expected to maintain course to modestly open taps

Shawdesh desk: Major oil-producing countries are expected to maintain on Tuesday their course of modestly boosting output as the rapidly spreading Omicron variant has so far not heavily hit demand.

Jaishankar mourns deaths in Jhalakathi launch fire

Shawdesh desk: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has expressed profound shock and sorrow at the loss of lives and injuries to passengers in Jhalakathi launch fire. In a