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More than 36,000 people have died across Turkey and Syria after devastating earthquake

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday’s catastrophic earthquake reached at least 36,217. The death toll in Turkey has reached 31,643, Turkish Emergency Coordination Center SAKOM

Over 2.7 lakh children suffer from eye fatigue in capital each year

Shawdesh Desk: Around 270,000 children have suffered from eye fatigue and severe headaches in Dhaka city each year, said a research study. The search carried out by Environment and Social

Shahabuddin elected Bangladesh’s next president unopposed

Shawdesh Desk: Former commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Mohammad Shahabuddin, has been elected Bangladesh’s next president. Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal , talking to reporters, at the Election Commission

Flights cancelled, power cut as tropical storm lashes New Zealand

Shawdesh desk; Tens of thousands of homes in New Zealand were without power and hundreds of flights were cancelled Monday as a tropical storm lashed the north of the country.

PM asks Coast Guard members to be true friends of coastal people

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard to be ‘true friend’ of the coastal people by establishing guardianship at the

AL nominates Shahabuddin as candidate for Bangladesh president

Shawdesh desk: The ruling Awami League has nominated Anti-Corruption Commission’s former commissioner and the party advisory council member Mohammad Shahabuddin as their candidate for the post of the president. A

Bangladesh reports six more Covid cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has reported six more Covid cases in the 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the new number, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,037,679, according to the

Turkey-Syria earthquake deaths pass 28,000, millions in need of aid

Shawdesh desk: Rescuers pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria and killed more than