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Bhasan Char much better than Cox’s Bazar camps: UNHCR

Shawdesh desk: UNHCR high officials acknowledged that facilities in Bhasan Char for the Rohingyas are much better than that in Cox’s Bazar camps while they pledged to work on their mandate

Bangladesh records 34 more Covid-19 deaths, 1,988 new cases

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh logged 34 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8:00am, taking the country’s death toll to 12,694. However, the fatality rate remained unchanged at

Tk 6.03 lakh crore national budget to be placed in JS Thursday

Shawdesh desk: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to place over Taka 6.03 lakh crore national budget for fiscal 2021-2022 (FY 22) in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) tomorrow amid

Entry to Bangladesh from 11 countries restricted

Shawdesh Desk: Entry to Bangladesh from eleven countries has been restricted due to Covid-19 infection. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh(CAAB) published a new list of travel bans on 11

Decision taken to suspend state awards of 4 killers of Bangabandhu

Shawdesh Desk: A decision has been taken to suspend the state gallantary awards of four killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, says media report. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque

COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma now in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam received President-designate COP26 Alok Sharma, MP at Hazrat Shahjalal Imternational Airport in Dhaka at 9:20am on Wednesday. The President-designate COP26 landed

By-polls to 3 parliamentary seats on July 14

Shawdesh Desk: The Election Commission (EC) will hold by-elections to three parliamentary constituencies on July 14 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. EC Secretary Mohammad Humayun Kabir Khandaker announced the election schedule

Special lockdown in Naogaon municipality, Niamatpur upazila

Shawdesh Desk: A seven-day special lockdown has been announced in Naogaon municipality and Niamatpur upazila of the district due to rise of coronavirus or Covid-19 infection. The decision will be effective