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Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as a monster storm

Shawdesh Desk: Hurricane Ian plunged much of coastal southwest Florida into darkness Wednesday, as the monster storm brought “catastrophic” storm surges, wind and flooding that had officials readying a huge

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200 environmental activists killed globally in 2021: Report

Shawdesh Desk: Some 200 environmental and land defense activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the deadliest country in

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Two more Covid deaths reported in Bangladesh, 679 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has reported two more Covid deaths with 679 fresh cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,362 while

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US wants safe, dignified return of Rohingyas: Peter Haas

Shawdesh Desk: United States ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Thursday said that the United States wanted safe and dignified return of Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar. He said that

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Headmaster put on 3-day remand over SSC question paper leak

Shawdesh Desk: A court in Kurigram on Thursday placed Lutfur Rahman, headmaster of Nehal Uddin Girls’ High School, on a three-day remand in connection with his alleged involvement in SSC

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Taliban fire into air to disperse women’s rally supporting Iran protests

Shawdesh Desk: Afghanistan’s Taliban forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women’s rally supporting protests in Iran over the death of a woman in the custody

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Bangladesh reports hospitalisation of 506 dengue patients

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has reported 506 more hospitalisation of dengue patients in 24 hours till Thursday morning. Among the new patients, 367 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and

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Unscrupulous hatchery owners involved in hiking egg prices: minister

Shawdesh desk: All ministries should strengthen monitoring to control the egg market, agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said on Thursday. ‘Importing eggs will increase our dependence which we do not

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