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Malaria annual infection declines 93 percent

Shawdesh desk: The annual infection rate of Malaria has been reduced to 93 percent in thirteen years since begining of the comprehensive national prevention programme. According to the National Malaria

PayPal raises fees between UK and Europe

Shawdesh Desk: PayPal is introducing new fees for payments between businesses in the UK and those in Europe, from November. British businesses will be charged a 1.29% fee for payments

COVID vaccine creator says mass boosters may be unnecessary

Shawdesh Desk: Booster shots to extend the protection of COVID-19 vaccines may be unnecessary for many people, a leading scientist behind the AstraZeneca vaccine said on Friday. Oxford University Professor

Bangladesh reports 58 more Covid-19 deaths raising death toll to 26,794

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh registered 58 more coronavitus or Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising death toll to 26,794, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Thursday.

Vaccine should be a public good without any conditions: FM

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has reiterated Bangladesh’s call for making COVID-19 vaccine a public good noting that there are incidents of date expiry of vaccine doses

Sugar price refixed at Tk 74-75 per kg

Shawdesh Desk: The price of sugar has been refixed at the consumer level. As per the new rate, each kg of non-brand sugar will be sold at a maximum retail price of Tk

Army chief returns to Dhaka after India visit

Shawdesh Desk: Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed returned to Dhaka Wednesday upon completion of his official trip to India. During his visit, the army chief met Indian

Writer Hasan Azizul Haque being taken to Rajshahi

Shawdesh Desk: Renowned fiction writer Hasan Azizul Haque is being taken to Rajshahi from Dhaka on Thursday. An ambulance with intensive care facilities carrying the 83-year-old writer started for Rajshahi