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Bangladesh receives 3.2m AstraZeneca doses from Poland

Shawdesh desk: Poland has provided 3.2 million (AZ) vaccines to Bangladesh as a gesture of solidarity to the friendly country’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The Polish gesture covers a consignment containing 3,272,

Nearly 240 million children worldwide living with disabilities: UNICEF

Shawdesh Desk: The number of children with disabilities globally is estimated at almost 240 million, according to a new UNICEF report. Children with disabilities are disadvantaged compared to children without

So-called ‘seating service’ being closed in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: There will be no seating service and gatelock service in Dhaka metropolitan area after three days, said Enayet Ullah, secretary general of Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association. He

Plot to kill Bashundhara MD: Protest staged in Narail

Shawdesh desk: A human chain was formed in Narail on Wednesday in protest against the plot to murder Bashundhara Group Managing Director and Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Limited Chairman Sayem

ACC approves chargesheet against PK Haldar

Shawdesh Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved the chargesheet against Prashant Kumar (PK) Haldar, former managing director of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited and 14 of his associates.

Dhaka shares with Paris security risks from Rohingya crisis

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has highlighted the potential security risks from the Rohingya crisis for the region and urged the international community to play a constructive role in resolving the crisis.

Families get reunited with joyful tears as US reopens borders

Eager travelers and their relatives rejoiced, wept and breathed sighs of relief Monday as the United States reopened to vaccinated visitors, ending 20 months of Covid-19 restrictions that separated families,

Hasina leaves London for Paris, urges expats to work for country

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday left London for French capital Paris wrapping up her official visit to Glasgow and London. ‘A VVIP flight (BG-2106) of Biman