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Health Ministry did well in dealing with pandemic: Prime Minister

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the Ministry of Health showed its enough efficiency in checking the Covid-19 pandemic in the country by properly taking necessary measures

Prosecution seeks life term for Regent Group chairman Shahed in arms case

Shawdesh Desk: The prosecution on Thursday sought life imprisonment for Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case. Dhaka Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Abdullah Abu made the appeal after placing

Covid-19 pushes 150 million more children into poverty, UNICEF, Save the Children say

Shawdesh Desk: The number of children living in multidimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UNICEF and Save the Children

Coronavirus vaccine must be affordable, available to all: UN Chief

Shawdesh Desk: United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday stressed on making the coronavirus vaccine, once it is manufactured commercially, affordable and available to mass people, irrespective of borders. He came up

Onion price may spike again

Shawdesh DEsk: Onion price may spike further in the country due to a steep rise in the price of the much-consumed item in India, market analysts say. They urged the

ECNEC approves 4 projects with Tk 534.34cr

Shawdesh Desk: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a total of four projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 534.34 crore, including a new

24 migrants feared dead in boat capsize near Libya

Shawdesh Desk: At least two dozen people drowned and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the UN migration agency

Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia put on ventilator

Shawdesh Desk: BNP’s standing committee member and former minister Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia is now in a very critical condition, as he was put on a ventilator on Monday night.