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Covid may become ‘seasonal’, UN says

Shawdesh dEsk: Covid-19 appears likely to develop into a seasonal disease, the United Nations said Thursday, cautioning though against relaxing pandemic-related measures simply based on meteorological factors. More than a

Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi faces new corruption charges from junta

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be hit with fresh corruption charges from the country’s military junta, a decision slammed by her lawyer as “groundless and

Corona infected BNP leader Rizvi hospitalised

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has been admitted to a hospital in the capital after he was tested positive for the Covid-19.

Throat-slit bodies of mother, daughter found in Habiganj

Shawdesh Desk: Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her daughter from their house at Dwigambar Bazar in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj on Thursday morning. The deceased were

Donald Trump’s wealth takes tumble during presidency

Shawdesh dEsk: Donald Trump’s net worth dropped by about $700m to $2.3bn (£1.65bn) during his time as president, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Covid-19 pandemic hit his fortunes

Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, a bomb scare and a murder in India

On the morning of 25 February, a vehicle laden with explosives was found near the house of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, in the heart of Mumbai. In the following

New embryo models offer hope for research on miscarriages, birth defects

Shawdesh Desk; Scientists have generated early-stage human embryo models that could help shed light on the “black box” of initial human development stages and improve research on pregnancy loss and

PM to open Amar Ekushey Book Fair today

Shawdesh desk: The Amar Ekushey Book Fair, the country’s largest book festival, begins today at Bangla Academy and its adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Thursday maintaining health guidelines