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Minneapolis reaches $27 mn settlement with Floyd family

Shawdesh desk: The Minnesota city of Minneapolis reached a $27 million “wrongful death” settlement on Friday with the family of George Floyd, the Black man who died while being arrested

City flyovers, footbridges unsafe at night

Shawdesh Desk: Most of the flyovers and footbridges in the capital have turned risky and unsuitable for use by vehicles and pedestrians for lack of proper maintenance by the authorities

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 119 million

Shawdesh desk: The total number of global Covid-19 cases topped 119 million on Saturday amid concern of new virus strains, increasing pressure on nations to speed up the vaccination process.

Dhaka’s air quality still ‘unhealthy’

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka’s air quality is ‘unhealthy’, but that’s good news. This is because the densely populated capital is no longer the world’s worst most polluted city — it has

SCBA election: Khasru elected president, Kajal general secretary

Shawdesh Desk: Former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru has been elected as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). Barrister Ruhul Kuddus Kajal, contesting from the BNP-backed blue

Regression on every indicator of child progress amid corona: UNICEF

Shawdesh Desk: One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, progress has gone backward across virtually every key measure of childhood, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, revealing a “devastating

Sylhet-3 MP Mahmud Samad Chowdhury dies of Covid-19

Shawdesh Desk: Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, MP for Sylhet-3 constituency, died of Covid-19 at a hospital in the capital on Thursday. He breathed his last at around 2:00pm at United

Schools, colleges gearing up for reopening

Shawdesh Desk: The authorities of schools and colleges across the country are working in full swing to prepare the educational institutions ahead of their reopening on March 30. Visiting a