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Schools, colleges to reopen September 12

Shawdesh Desk: Classes in all primary, secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions will resume on September 12. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni came up with the announcement while speaking

Taliban prepare for government as fighting rages in Panjshir

Shawdesh Desk: The Taliban are due to form a government within days despite fighting in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley where forces battling the hardline Islamists say they are enduring “heavy” assaults.

Highway Bill-2021 placed in JS for better transport regulations

Shawdesh Desk: The Highway Bill-2021 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad aiming to adopt better transport regulations. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (Saturday) placed the bill in

Parliament passes Delimitation Bill replacing ordinance

Shawdesh Desk: The Delimitation of Constituencies Bill, 2021 seeking to formulate an act to replace a military regime-era ordinance in line with a court judgment was passed in Parliament on

Tofail’s condition improves, shifted to cabin

Shawdesh Desk: Ailing senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed, undergoing treatment at an Indian hospital, has been shifted to a cabin from its ICU as his condition improved. Shaban Mahmood,

Radford to join HP team on Sept 12

Sports Desk: Bangladesh High Performance Unit head coach Toby Radford will join the team on September 12, subject to the Covid-19 clearance. The Englishman earlier couldn’t join his team’s ongoing

Rubbing salt to 7 decades-long struggle, China celebrates 70 yrs of ‘peaceful liberation of Tibet’

Shawdesh desk: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after tormenting and torturing Tibetan folks for seven consecutive decades, shamelessly celebrated the 70th year of ‘peaceful liberation of Tibet’ in Lhasa. Dawa

Coronavirus vaccines cut risk of long Covid, study finds

Shawdesh desk: Being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 not only cuts the risk of catching it, but also of an infection turning into long Covid, research led by King’s College London