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Why North Korea’s cruise missile launch could worry other nations

Shawdesh Desk: Earlier this week, North Korea announced it had successfully tested a long-range cruise missile capable of hitting much of Japan. Cruise missiles, unlike ballistic missiles, can swerve and

Pele in ‘semi-intensive’ care, daughter says he’s doing well

Sports Desk Brazilian soccer great Pele “took a little step back” in his recovery from surgery to remove a tumor from his colon but he is “recovering well” at a Sao

Algeria’s ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies aged 84

Shawdesh Desk: Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country, died on Friday aged 84, public television announced, reports AFP.

Bangladesh registers 51 more deaths from Covid-19 in last 24 hours

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh on Wednesday( September 15) reported 51 more coronavirus or Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours. In addition, some 1,901 new cases of Covid-19 infection were recorded

Global Covid cases approach 226 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases is fast nearing 226 million, as the world still grapples to contain the second outbreak of the pandemic even with mass

Students aged 12 or above to get vaccine: PM

Shawdesh Desk ; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated her government’s steps to provide Covid-19 vaccine to all citizens above 18 years, saying a plan is underway to gradually bring students of 12

JS passes Kurigram Agricultural University Bill, 2021

Shawdesh Desk: A bill titled “Kurigram Agricultural University Bill-2021” was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Wednesday (today) with a vision to enrich the agriculture of the country’s northern

Jamaat secy general, 6 others sent to jail in anti-terrorism act case

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court sent seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami including its secretary general Mia Golam Porwar to jail in a case lodged under anti-terrorism act. The other six