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Global Coronavirus death toll hits 599,416

Shawdesh desk: The novel coronavirus has killed 599,416 people in 213 countriens and territories since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to latest figure from worldometer. So far, 14,194,140 cases of

UK plans to distribute millions of free coronavirus antibody tests

Shawdesh Desk: British ministers are making plans to distribute millions of free coronavirus antibody tests after a version backed by the UK government passed its first major trials, the Daily

State minister Zahid Faruk recovers from COVID-19

Shawdesh Desk: Zahid Faruk, the state minister for water resources, has recovered from the novel coronavirus infection. He returned his Baridhara residence from Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on Saturday

50 militants killed in northern Afghan province

Shawdesh Desk: At least 50 militants were killed and more than 30 others injured in Dand-e-Ghori district of northern Baghlan province, Abdul Razeq, a senior army officer, said Saturday. According

India’s first homegrown pneumonia vaccine gets approval

Shawdesh desk: India’s first fully indigenously developed vaccine against pneumonia has got approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), according to the health mininstry. With the help of

Gronthomongol: For the love of books, and our debt to Nilkhet

Shawdesh Desk: For as long as almost anyone can remember, Nilkhet in the heart of the capital has been known as the hive of bookworms, where students, academics, publishers, booksellers

Foreign students in US: Trump administration drops deportation plans

Shawdesh desk: US President Donald Trump’s government has dropped its plans to deport international students whose courses move fully online because of the coronavirus pandemic. The U-turn comes just one

Coronavirus: India hits 24,315 deaths in SAARC regions

Shawdesh desk; India has recorded 937,487 cases and 24,315 deaths at 13:00 pm till Wednesday ( Bangladesh Time), according to latest data from worldometer. India is the hardest-hit country in the SAARC regions. So