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US going to be largest sharer of vaccines with 80mn additional doses: Official

Shawdesh Desk: US State Department Coordinator for Global Covid Response and Health Security Gayle E Smith has said the United States is going to be the largest sharer of vaccines

Designs invited for Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Award

Shawdesh Desk: The government has invited the design from the experienced designers for the newly introduced ‘Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Award’, which will be conferred on five women in different

Schedule for by-elections to four vacant constituencies May 24

Shawdesh Desk: With a view to holding by-elections to four vacant constituencies in the upcoming July, the Election Commission (EC) will declare schedule on May 24. The EC took the

65-day ban on fishing at sea begins Thursday

Shawdesh Desk: A 65-day ban on fishing at sea has been imposed from May 20 to July 23 in order to try and preserve the fish stock and boost their

Provision for whitening undisclosed money to continue: Kamal

Shawdesh Desk: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said that the government would retain the provision for whitening undisclosed money in the next national budget for FY22 to bring

Justice (retd) Nazmun Ara Sultana new DG of JATI

Shawdesh Desk: Justice (retd) Nazmun Ara Sultana has been appointed director general of the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI). Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a gazette notification

Proposal approved to procure vaccines from China

Shawdesh Desk: The government approved a proposal in principle to procure SARS COV 2 (COVID-19) vaccines from Sinopharm of China under Direct Procurement Method (DPM) in order to meet the growing

4,529 new Covid deaths recorded in India, highest single-day toll in any country

Shawdesh Desk: India recorded 267,334 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Wednesday, and the number of new fatalities stood at 4,529, according to the Union health ministry dashboard. The