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Efforts underway to resume tripartite talks over Rohingya repatriation

Shawdesh Desk: Efforts are underway to resume tripartite talks among Bangladesh, China and Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation even though the negotiation with Myanmar remains halted for a long time due

Bangladesh urgently seeks 1.6mn AstraZeneca doses from UK

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh urgently seeks 1.6mn AstraZeneca doses from UK After its request to the United States, Bangladesh has urged the United Kingdom (UK) to help it by providing vaccine

Govt to widen social safety net in FY22

Shawdesh Desk: The government is going to expand its social safety net in the upcoming budget in a bid to safeguard people whose livelihoods have become vulnerable due to the

Khaled Mahmud tests positive for Covid-19

Shawdesh Desk: Former Bangladesh national team skipper Khaled Mahmud tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. Mahmud, a Bangladesh Cricket Board director and chairman of their game development wing, however, didn’t

Cyclone brewing over Andaman Sea ‘may hit Bangladesh coast’

Shawdesh DEsk: A low pressure area is brewing over the North Andaman Sea and the adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal, which could intensify into a cyclonic storm, the Met office

India records more 4,194 COVID-19 deaths with over 250,000 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 26,289,290 with 257,299 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, said the federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. A

Restrictions on movement of passengers through Indo-Bangla land ports extended till May 31

Shawdesh desk: The government has extended restrictions on the movement of passengers through land ports with India up to May 31 as India’s surge in coronavirus cases continues. Although borders

Biden hails Israel-Hamas cease-fire, sees ‘opportunity’

Shawdesh Desk: President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, saying he sees a “genuine opportunity” toward the larger goal of building a