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WHO urges focus on first wave of coronavirus

Shawdesh desk: The World Health Organisation’s emergencies chief says “we need to put up a fight now” during a peak in the current wave of the coronavirus pandemic rather than

Coronavirus: Japan’s mysteriously low virus death rate

Shawdesh Desk: Why haven’t more people in Japan died from Covid-19? It is a macabre question that has spawned dozens of theories, from Japanese manners to claims that the Japanese

Home-developed breast cancer drug first prescribed in China

Shawdesh desk: Chinese doctors have given their patients the first sheets of prescriptions of a new, home-developed breast cancer drug, 12 days after the drug was approved for clinical use.

14 feared dead at flooded nursing home in Japan: governor

Shawdesh Desk: Fourteen people were feared dead after a nursing home was flooded in western Japan on Saturday as record heavy rain hit the region, a local governor said. The

Chemical warehouses still threat to life in old Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: The chemical warehouses in old Dhaka still present a threat to the residents as relocation is taking time due primarily to procrastination and subsequently battered by coronavirus. As

Flood situation static in northern region

Shawdesh desK: Flood situation in the six northern districts is remaining static while it may deteriorate in six other districts in the central region. The continuous swelling of major rivers

Covid-19: More 38 die, 4,019 test positive, 4,334 recover in 24 hours

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh on Thursday recorded 38 deaths from coronavirus in the span of 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,926. The number of total COVID-19 patients also surged

Flood situation remains unchanged in Jamalpur

Shawdesh Desk: Although the water level in the river Jamuna has receded, the overall flood situation in Jamalpur district remained unchanged. District Relief and Rehabilitation Office sources said flood water affected