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Malaysia-bound expats protest for visa extension in city

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladeshi expatriates in Malaysia who got stranded in the country due to Covid-19 pandemic staged protests by blocking roads in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka

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Brazilians protest against Chinese vaccine, mandatory immunisation

Shawdesh desk: More than 300 Brazilians gathered on Sao Paulo’s main commercial thoroughfare on Sunday to protest state Governor Joao Doria’s support for mandatory Covid-19 immunisation and testing the potential

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Russian firm seeks to produce COVID-19 drug without patent, Vedomosti reports

Shawdesh desk: Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez has asked the Kremlin for permission to produce a generic version of US firm Gilead Sciences’s GILD.O COVID-19 treatment remdesivir without а patent, the Vedomosti

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College student tied to tree, tortured in Habiganj

Shawdesh Desk: A college student was tortured after being tied to a tree over a trifling matter in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj on Saturday night. The victim is identified as

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HC drops DAG Rupa’s writ challenging ACC notice from cause list

Shawdesh desk: The High Court (HC) on Monday dropped a writ petition filed by Deputy Attorney General Jannatul Ferdoushi Rupa, challenging a notice of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to appear

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Super typhoon Goni slams into Philippines

Shawdesh Desk: A super typhoon barrelled into the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Sunday, bringing “catastrophic” violent winds and intense rains with two landfalls so far, about a million people

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Trump, Biden barrel through key states on final weekend before vote

Shawdesh Desk: With Tuesday’s US presidential election only days away, Donald Trump, Joe Biden and their top surrogates were barreling through crucial states in the industrial Midwest and the coastal

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‘Natural antioxidants can keep heart healthy during winters, Covid-19’

Shawdesh desk: In view of the winter season and Covid-19 pandemic, health experts on Saturday said that taking natural antioxidants may help keep the heart healthy along with other health

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