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Global Covid cases top 208 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid-19 caseload has now surpassed 208 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second outbreak of the pandemic. According to US-based Johns Hopkins University

Haiti earthquake death toll nears 2,000

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation’s civil protection agency said Tuesday, as a tropical storm brought

Record 329 hospitalised with Dengue in 24 hrs: DGHS

Shawdesh Desk: Amid the rise in Dengue cases in the country, 329 new patients were admitted to different hospitals in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. Among the new patients, 306 were

More than 600 fleeing Afghans cram into dramatic US military flight

Shawdesh Desk: A photo shows more than 600 Afghans — women, men, children and the elderly — sitting packed on the floor of a cavernous US military plane, part of

Kabul airport chaotic scenes are ‘shameful for the West’: German president

Shawdesh Desk: Germany’s president on Tuesday criticised Western powers over chaotic scenes at Kabul airport where thousands of Afghans gathered in a bid to flee the country after the Taliban

India achieves highest ever COVID-19 vaccination in single day

Shawdesh DEsk: India has administered more than 88.13 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the highest ever vaccination achieved in a single day, the Union Health Ministry

Sylhet div logs 17 deaths in single day

Shawdesh desk: Sylhet division has logged 17 new Covid-related deaths in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, as the ruthless Delta variant of coronavirus continues its spread across the country. Of

India-Pakistan set for October 24 clash in T20 World Cup

Sports Desk: Fierce rivals India and Pakistan will clash on October 24 at this year’s Twenty20 World Cup, the International Cricket Council said Tuesday as the delayed tournament’s fixtures were