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Afghans race to flee Taliban after Biden confirms airlift deadline

Shawdesh Desk: Afghans on Wednesday faced an increasingly desperate race to escape life under the Taliban after President Joe Biden confirmed US-led evacuations will end next week. More than 70,000

Travel test firms in UK warned over misleading prices

Shawdesh Desk : More than 80 private Covid travel test providers listed on the government’s website will be issued two-strike warnings over misleading prices, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced.

Bangladesh reports 114 Covid-19 deaths, 5,249 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh on Tuesday registered 114 deaths from coronavirus or Covid-19 in the capital in the last 24 hours. Besides, some 5,249 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 during this

Ivy’s offspring were locked in CMH room when Khaleda visited her: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the BNP government had locked Ivy Rahman’s offspring in a Combined Military Hospital (CMH) room in Dhaka for three or four hours,

Covid-19: Bangladesh to receive 10 lakh Pfizer vaccine doses on August 30

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh will receive ten lakh more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, gifted by the US, on August 30 under the Covax facility, according to Directorate General of Health Services

Bangladesh ranks ‘first in the world’ for breastfeeding

Shawdesh Desk: In a silver lining in the pandemic era, Bangladesh has ranked first in the world in supporting lactating women. The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) has congratulated Bangladesh

Bangladesh tops SAARC countries in National Cyber Security Index

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has secured the top spot among SAARC nations in the National Cyber Security Index (NCSI). In fact, Bangladesh achieved the top position by moving 27 notches up

Schools, colleges asked to prepare for reopening, guidelines issued

Shawdesh Desk: The education authorities have issued some guidelines as part of preparations to reopen educational institutions which have remained closed since March last year due to Covid pandemic. The