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By-polls to 3 JS seats begin amid coronavirus fear

Shawdesh Desk: The by-elections to three parliamentary constituencies — Dhaka-10, Gaibandha-3 and Bagerhat-4 – began on Saturday morning amid the fear of novel coronavirus infection. The voting began at 9:00am

Pakistan’s Umar Akmal could face lifetime ban over corruption charges

Sports Desk: Controversial Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal could face a lifetime ban if convicted of match-fixing charges unveiled Friday by the country’s cricket authorities. The 29-year-old was provisionally suspended by the anti-corruption

Italy records more deaths as total infections top 41,000

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 427 COVID-19 patients had died in 24 hours in Italy, taking the country’s death toll to 3,405, according to new data released on Thursday by

Five children die from measles in Rangamati amid coronavirus crisis

Shawdesh desk: Five children have died from measles in remote villages of Baghaichhari Upazila in the hills district of Rangamati in past week amid fatal coronavirus outbreak across the world,

Coronavirus: Global death toll climbs to 11,398

Shawdesh desk: The coronavirus pandemic has taken a devastating turn as it claimed the lives of 11,398 people worldwide as of Saturday. It has so far infected 275,871 people around

First coronavirus death confirmed in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: An old man was confirmed as the first coronavirus death in Bangladesh on Wednesday. The patient was over 70 years old. Director of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research

Gonoshasthaya Kendra develops rapid coronavirus testing kit

Shawdesh Desk: Gonoshasthaya Kendra has claimed that it had developed its own rapid Covid-19 testing kit, which is able to give results result in 15 minutes. In a statement on

South African cricketers in self-isolation

Shawdesh Desk: Members of the South African cricket team have been told to undergo a 14-day period of self-isolation and social distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus following their