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14-day lockdown ends in Chapainawabganj, new restrictions imposed

Shawdesh Desk: After the end of a 14-day lockdown in Chapainawabganj district, the local administration has imposed some restrictions on public movement to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission. Deputy

Global Covid cases near 174 million

Shawdesh desk: The global Covid-19 caseload has now surpassed 173.5 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second outbreak of the virus. The total caseload and fatalities from

US delivers emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh to combat COVID-19

Shawdesh desk: The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), on Monday night delivered to Bangladesh its latest shipment of emergency medical supplies to save lives, stop

Muslim family of four killed in ‘premeditated’ Canada truck attack

Shawdesh desk: A man driving a pick-up truck slammed into and killed four members of a Muslim family in the south of Canada’s Ontario province, in what police said Monday

Zero tolerance for corruption in financial sector: Kamal

Shawdesh Desk: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday told Parliament that 15 laws will be enacted within the next one year as the government is pursuing a zero-tolerance policy

Malaysia detains 156 expatriates including 62 Bangladeshis

Shawdesh Desk: The Immigration Department of Malaysia nabbed 156 expatriates, including 62 Bangladeshis, from a construction site in Cyberjaya city in the country during an operation on Sunday night. Malaysian

Ivermectin, HCQ dropped from one Covid treatment list

Shawdesh desk: The Union Health Ministry’s Directorate General of Health Services of India (DGHS) has issued revised guidelines for the management of Covid patients, dropping ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and favipiravir –

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to go on trial next week

Shawdesh Desk: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will go on trial next week, her lawyer said Monday, with the Nobel laureate facing an eclectic raft of charges, from