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BITWA allows vessels to operate until further notice

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has permitted the river vessels to operate until further notice to carry factory workers. The authorities took the decision on Sunday afternoon

RMCH counts 18 more deaths at Covid-19 unit

Shawdesh Desk: A number of 18 more people, including seven females, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am

Niger floods claim 35 lives, leave over 26,000 homeless

Shawdesh Desk: Heavy rains lashing arid Niger since June have killed 35 people and made more than 26,500 homeless, the civil protection agency said Saturday. Twenty people died in house

Covid-19: 18 more lives lost in Kushtia

Shawdesh Desk: Eighteen more Covid-related deaths were reported at Kushtia General Hospital in 24 hours till Sunday morning amid a devastating virus situation across the country. “All the deceased were

India sees 41,831 new Covid-19 infections, positivity rate touches 2.34%

Shawdesh Desk: As many as 41,831 fresh cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) disease were registered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally to 31,655,824. India now has 4,10,952 active

Aug 15 plot perpetrators will be unmasked: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the perpetrators behind the conspiracy in assassinating Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would be unmasked one day. Addressing

Factories reopen amid Covid surge as ‘economy falters’

Shawdesh Desk: Export-oriented industries resumed operation on Sunday, the 10th day of the ongoing stringent lockdown, amid warnings against Covid surge as workers started returning to their workplaces without maintaining

First goods train to reaches Bangladesh thru Haldibari-Chilahati route today

Shawdesh Desk: The first goods train to Bangladesh through the re-opened Haldibari-Chilahati rail link is due reach Bangladesh on Sunday afternoon. In a significant breakthrough towards connectivity, India and Bangladesh