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Severe heatwave sweeping over Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Severe heatwave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi, Jashore, Kushtia and Khulna. Besides, mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Chattogram, Rangpur, Sylhet and

Bangladeshi citizens travelling to India may return on emergency grounds

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladeshi citizens currently travelling to India for treatment and having visas with validity for less than 15 days could enter Bangladesh amid border closure following specified measures. From

‘Mamunul had link with Pakistan militant outfit’

Shawdesh Desk: Hefazat-e-Islam joint secretary general Mamunul Haque had a link with a Pakistan militant group and with the help of this fundamentalist outfit, he tried to create unrest in

Govt decides to close border with India for two weeks

Shawdesh Desk: The government has banned the entry of travellers from India to Bangladesh for two weeks from today due to a sharp rise in coronavirus infections in the neighbouring

US lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Shawdesh Desk: US health regulators have lifted an 11-day pause on the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 jab, but will add a warning label about the potential for extremely rare

Global Covid-19 cases top 146 million

Shawdesh Desk: More than 146 million people have been found infected with Covid-19 globally with 3.09 million fatalities on Sunday, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total case

BNP chairperson’s adviser Ziaur Rahman Khan dies of Covid-19

Shawdesh Desk: BNP Chairperson’s advisory council member and ex-MP Barrister Zaiur Rahman Khan died of coronavirus on Saturday night. He was 75. Khan, also a senior lawyer of the Supreme

Armanitola building fire: One more victim dies

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from the massive fire that broke out at a building in Armanitola area of Old Dhaka in the early hours of Friday, climbed to five