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Vaccination of students aged 12-17 to begin in 20 days: minister

Shawdesh Desk: Health minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said that Covid vaccination of students aged between 12 to 17 years would begin within the next 20 days. The minister announced

Bangladesh removed from UK’s travel red list

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has been removed from the UK government’s travel red list, which will come into effect at 4am on Wednesday (Sept 22). Grant Shapps, the UK’s Transport Secretary,

50 lakh more doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China arrive in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Some 50 lakh more doses of Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Bangladesh from China. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the vaccines, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International

Global Covid cases near 228 million

Shawdesh desk: he global Covid-19 caseload is fast approaching 228 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second wave of the pandemic. The total caseload and fatalities from

Bangladeshi Immigrant Day to be observed in NY on Sept 25

Shawdesh Desk: The state of New York in the USA will observe “Bangladeshi Immigrant Day” on September 25 next for the third consecutive times as the bill regarding observance of

Poll campaign to 161 UPs, nine municipalities ends tonight

Shawdesh Desk: Election campaign to 161 union parishads (UPs) and nine municipalities will end at 12:00am today (Saturday night). Voting will be held in these union parishads (UPs) and municipalities following

World leaders descend on New York despite pandemic

Shawdesh Desk: Some 100 world leaders descend on New York next week in a partial return of the annual UN extravaganza despite Covid concerns, with progress sought on pressing global

‘Ebola is defeated’, says Congolese professor who discovered virus

Shawdesh Desk: Ebola has been defeated. Vaccines and medical treatments have brought the deadly and terrifying disease under control, says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the Congolese professor who first discovered the virus