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Each upazila will get community vision centre: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government will set up community vision centres in all upazilas across the country in phases to provide better eyecare services

Six killed in Myanmar as UN condemns protest crackdown

Shawdesh Desk: Six protesters were killed in Myanmar on Thursday as the United Nations condemned the growing violence against anti-coup demonstrations. International pressure has been building steadily since the military

Indonesia bus plunge kills 27 pilgrims

Shawdesh Desk: A bus carrying dozens of pilgrims plunged down a steep ravine on Indonesia’s Java island, killing at least 27 people including junior high school students, authorities said Thursday.

A year on, WHO still struggling to manage pandemic response

Shawdesh Desk: When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting the term and maintaining that the

University student killed by ‘wild elephant’ in Rangamati

Shawdesh Desk: A student of Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) was trampled to death by a wild elephant attack in Kamillachari union under Kaptai upazila of Rangamati on Thursday morning.

2 to die for killing college teacher in Khulna

Shawdesh Desk: A Khulna court on Thursday sentenced two men to death for killing a college teacher in 2017 in Khulna. Judge Saifuzzaman of Khulna Public Security Disruption Crime Suppression

3,000 nurses dead, COVID-19 exodus looming: global federation

Shawdesh DEsk: At least 3,000 nurses have been killed by Covid-19, the global nurses’ federation said Thursday as it warned of a looming exodus of health workers traumatised by the

Global Covid cases near 118 million

Shawdesh Desk: The world is fast approaching the grim milestone of 118 million Covid-19 cases, despite high rates of vaccination. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the global caseload reached