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All-out 7-day lockdown from July 1: Cabinet secretary

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh will go into all-out lockdown from Thursday in an effort to bring the Covid situation under control. Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam made the announcement on Monday.

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Moghbazar blast: Police to form another committee involving bomb disposal unit, says IGP

Shawdesh Desk: Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed on Monday said they would form a probe body to investigate Sunday’s explosion in Dhaka’s Moghbazar that killed at least seven persons

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Public transports go off streets, malls shut as ‘strict lockdown’ begins in Bangladesh

Shawdesh desk: Public transports went off streets and shopping malls remained shut in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh as the government has enforced a strict lockdown ‘on a limited

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Form fillup activity of HSC exams of 2021 postponed

Shawdesh Desk: The activity of filling up form for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations of 2021 has been postponed in the wake of alarming situation of Covid-19 in the country. Prof SM Amirul

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Lockdown: Mad rush of homebound people at Shimulia terminal

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands of people overcrowded the Shimulia ferry terminal on Sunday in their frantic efforts to get back their village homes ahead of the hard lockdown. People were seen

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Study: Antibodies detected in 93% of those receiving both doses of Covishield vaccine

Shawdesh Desk: A study conducted by Department of Microbiology at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) has found that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is developing antibodies in people who have received the

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Khaleda’s appearance in 11 cases on August 10

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka Court on Sunday fixed August 10 for the appearance of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 11 cases filed on charges of sabotage and sedition. Dhaka

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Teens turn terror: Around 80 teenage gangs active in capital

Shawdesh Desk: Teenage gangs have become a name of panic among residents of big cities, including Dhaka, and district towns across the country, deteriorating the law-and-order situation. Allegations of murder,

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