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Covid: Australian trial tests blood thinner as nasal spray

Shawdesh Desk: Australian researchers are conducting a trial to see whether squirting a blood thinner into the nose could offer protection against Covid. The nasal spray uses the cheap drug

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One dead, at least 70 missing after landslide at Myanmar jade mine

Shawdesh Desk; A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar Wednesday killed at least one person, injured 25 and left dozens missing, a member of the rescue team told

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PM off to Maldives

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Male, the capital of Maldives, today on her maiden six-day bilateral visit at the invitation of Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

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Bangabandhu Railway Bridge construction progressing fast

Shawdesh Desk; The construction works of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge over the Jamuna River in Sirajganj are progressing fast as its 34 percent work has already been completed.

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Another 7.04 lakh COVID-19 vaccines from Japan arrive in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Another 704,010 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in Japan arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday (December 21) from Japan. This was delivered as an

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Graft case against ex-CJ Sinha: HC asks 2 acquitted persons to surrender

Shawdesh Desk; The High Court on Wednesday asked two people acquitted by a lower court in a case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others over

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Global Covid cases surpass 276 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 276 million amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in several western countries. According to Johns Hopkins

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Switzerland to invest Tk 11 billion to support Bangladesh’s sustainable LDC graduation

Shawdesh Desk: As Switzerland and Bangladesh are about to celebrate their 50 years of bilateral relations, Switzerland has announced to invest Tk. 11 billion over the next four years to

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