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One more Covid death logged in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has reported one more Covid death and 214 new cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. With the new

BNP chair Khaleda Zia to return home from hospital today

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia is going will return home on Wednesday evening from the capital’s Evercare Hospital after staying there for three days for medical tests.

Bangladesh sees zero Covid death, 172 cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and 172 new cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. While the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged 29,323, the new numbers took its

UN to seek $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods

Shawdesh Desk: The United Nations and Pakistan are set to appeal Tuesday for $160 million in emergency funding for nearly a half million displaced victims of record-breaking floods that have

23 dead amid fighting in Iraq after Moqtada al-Sadr quits

Shawdesh Desk: At least 23 people have been killed in some of the worst fighting for years in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, sparked by a key leader’s decision to quit politics,

Govt to soon fix prices of 9 daily essentials

Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh government will soon fix the prices of nine essential commodities, including rice and wheat, to ease public sufferings, a senior Minister has said. “The Tariff Commission

Bangladesh will never face situation like Sri Lanka: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her firm conviction that Bangladesh will never plunge into Sri Lanka-like situation for its development spree, rather the country will continue to move ahead

UN calls for more inclusive and fair digital transformation in Asia and the Pacific

Shawdesh desk: The rapid, widespread adoption of digital technology, spurred in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic, and its economic and societal ramifications are the key focus of deliberations at