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Clear wages, Eid bonus by May 10: RMG workers

Shawdesh Desk: Garment Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (GSKOP), an alliance of 20 worker associations, on Friday demanded the payment of wages and Eid bonus by May 10. In a statement,

Japan extends Covid-19 restrictions as Olympics draw nearer

Shawdesh Desk: A state of emergency has been extended in several regions of Japan as Covid-19 cases surge, less than three months before the Tokyo Olympics. Restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka,

US, UK govts co-fund actions to reduce pollution in Dhaka’s rivers

Shawdesh Desk: A new anti-pollution advocacy project called “Promoting Democratic Governance and Collective Advocacy for Environmental Protection in Dhaka City,” formally launched on Friday aiming to reduce pollutions in Dhaka’s

Indian variant of Covid-19 detected in Bangladesh: IEDCRB

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has reportedly found presence of Indian variant of Covid-19 in the patients recently. This was confirmed by Institute for Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCRB). Indian variant

Desperate move towards village home risking corona spread

Shawdesh Desk: City dwellers are making Eid journey causing serious risk of taking corona spread to a new height. Thousands of people including women and children reached ghats at Paturia

WHO tells G7 vaccine inequity ‘unacceptable’

Shawdesh desk: The WHO chief on Friday implored the G7 to prioritise equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines around the globe, branding the current imbalance morally inadmissible. World Health Organization director-general

Khaleda Zia’s overseas treatment plea likely to be decided by law ministry today

Shawdesh Desk: The Law Ministry is likely to pass today its opinion on the application filed by brother of BNP Chief Khaleda Zia seeking permission for her treatment abroad. Talking

Nobel laureate Poet Tagore’s 160th birth anniversary today

Shawdesh Desk: Today is the 160th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism. On the