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Covid-19 Surge: Too many patients for a few hospital beds
Faced with a severe shortage of ICU and general beds the government hospitals in capital Dhaka are struggling to cope with a steady stream of Covid-19 patients, many of themReadMore
Fakir Alamgir : When the song ends
So Fakir Alamgirbhai is gone and with him goes a cultural world which can never be resurrected as the world that produced it is gone. He came from a worldReadMore
Bye Simon, time for a spell of rest
Shawdesh desk: So there, at 77 years, the man who could never find a home to live in for long finally has found some rest in the earth and dust.ReadMore
Covid: Fully jabbed arrivals from France must still quarantine
Fully jabbed travellers returning to England and Wales from France will still have to quarantine from Monday.From July 19, adults who have been double jabbed in the UK arriving fromReadMore
75 children killed, around 1,000 detained since Myanmar coup
Shawdesh Desk: Dozens of children have been killed and hundreds arbitrarily detained in Myanmar since a coup more than five months ago, UN rights experts warned Friday. The UN childReadMore
South Africa looting: I’m struggling to find food
Shawdesh desk: Leading a comfortable life in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban, John – not his real name – risks running out of food for the first time everReadMore
Deaths on maritime migration routes to Europe soar in first half of 2021: IOM
Shawdesh Desk: At least 1,146 people died attempting to reach Europe by sea in the first six months of 2021, according to a new briefing released by the International OrganizationReadMore
The expats in China’s disinformation drive
Shawdesh Desk: Foreign video bloggers denouncing what they say is negative coverage of China on highly controversial subjects such as Xinjiang are attracting large numbers of subscribers on platforms likeReadMore
