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School starts for 1 million NYC kids amid new vaccine rules

Shawdesh Desk: Classroom doors swing open for about a million New York City public school students on Monday in the nation’s largest experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

Covid-19: Bangladesh records 51 more deaths, 1,871 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh recorded 51 more Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the total deaths to 26,931, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Sunday. As

PM urges countrymen to maintain austerity in using electricity

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged people to be economical in using electricity to repay the best of government’s huge subsidy to power generation. Subsequently, she also

Schools, colleges reopen after one and half years

Shawdesh Desk: Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Primary Education Completion (PEC) examinees attend classes today as the schools and colleges reopened maintaining guidelines and health protocols.

Global Covid cases top 224 million

Shawdesh Desk: The pandemic continues to devastate many countries across the world and the global Covid-19 caseload has now topped 224 million. The total caseload and fatalities from the virus

Arrest warrant issued against Sami, Tasnim, 2 others in DSA case

Shawdesh Desk: The Dhaka Cyber Tribunal on Sunday issued warrant to arrest four people, including Zulkarnain Shayer Khan alias Sami, who appeared in a allegedly false and politically motivated documentary

Govt preparing to face ‘3rd wave’ of corona

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh is preparing to face a potential third wave of coronavirus pandemic as the second wave of the deadly pathogen has been declining over the last few weeks.

Now state ‘backs corruption’: BNP

Shawdesh Desk: Criticizing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her remarks on the demolition of around 300 houses under the Ashrayan-2 Project, the BNP standing committee alleged that now “corruption is