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Covid: How do you vaccinate a billion people?

When it comes to vaccine making, India is a powerhouse. It runs a massive immunisation programme, makes 60% of the world’s vaccines and is home to half a dozen major

Africa’s economic giant Nigeria at a ‘critical juncture’

More than 200 million Nigerians will slide further into poverty as the coronavirus pandemic has sent oil prices tumbling and pushed Africa’s largest economy into recession. To many in oil-rich

World’s deepest diving pool opens in Poland

A 45.5-metre (150-foot) deep diving pool with artificial underwater caves and Mayan ruins, the world’s deepest such structure, opened near Warsaw this weekend. The complex, named Deepspot, even includes a

Sheikh Hasina: A Prime Minister and Beyond

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is applauded for securing unprecedented socioeconomic development, reducing women and child mortality, alleviating poverty and illiteracy and boosting women empowerment. Father of the

Coronavirus vaccines: Will any countries get left out?

Health experts say the only solution to the coronavirus pandemic is a global one. There have been more than 55 million cases of the virus confirmed around the world and

Covid-19 in US: Is this coronavirus wave the worst yet?

Shawdesh Desk: Americans may have tuned out of coronavirus news as they focused on the outcome of the presidential election, but the pandemic has quietly been getting worse in the

Northbrook Hall, a hallmark of Dhaka’s history

Shawdesh Desk: How long had it been since it heard the performance of prominent artistes? When last time it hosted a grand festival? The Indo-Saracenic building of Northbrook Hall, also

New Zealand discovers 1,500 fraudulent votes … in an election on birds

The candidates have feathers and the policy platforms are non-existent. It’s New Zealand’s Bird of the Year vote — and just like a regular election, there are concerns over keeping