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Bangabandhu’s life to be showcased in NYC’s Times Square

Shawdesh Desk: The life sketch of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be screened at Times Square, New York on August 15 and 16. Bangabandhu’s digital portrait

No standing passenger allowed in public transport

Shawdesh Desk: Public transport will run across the country from Wednesday (August 11) with implementing the previous normal fare withdrawing the 60 percent increased fare. However, no transport can carry

1.7 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine on the way to Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: China has sent 1.7 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Bangladesh under the COVAX programme. Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka, Hualong Yan, shared

Global Covid cases top 203 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid-19 caseload has now surpassed 203 million, as the ferocious second wave of the corona pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world amid mass inoculation

Mission Inoculation: Military chopper takes jabs to remote Rangamati hills

Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh government’s Covid-19 mass vaccination drive reached the Rangamati hills Tuesday, all thanks to the local administration and the Bangladeshi armed forces. Barathali union of Bilaichhari upazila

Actress Pori Moni on 2-day fresh remand

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand to actress Pori Moni in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas granted the

10 SC lawyers seek probe into leaked phone conversations

Shawdesh Desk: As many as 10 Supreme Court lawyers on Tuesday filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking an immediate probe into leaked telephonic conversations. A writ petition

Covid claims 17 more lives in Barishal

Shawdesh Desk: Barishal division has logged 17 new Covid deaths in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Tuesday morning. Of the deceased, 10 had tested positive for Covid-19