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Only Covid booster vaccines to be available in Bangladesh from Dec

Shawdesh Desk; A wake-up call for those who are yet to receive their first or second Covid shots — from December, only the booster dose will be administered in Bangladesh.

5 BCL activists placed on remand in CU student sexual assault case

Shawdesh Desk: Five activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were placed on a two-day remand in police custody on Tuesday in a case filed over assaulting a female student at Chittagong

Flood damages property, crops worth over Tk 86811cr: Enamur

Shawdesh Desk: The recent floods ravaging Bangladesh’s north and northeastern regions caused damages worth over Tk 86811.65 crore, said state minister for disaster management and relief Md Enamur Rahman on

Avoid procurement of less important items to cut govt expenditure: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned to avoid procurement of less important items to cut the government expenditure in this time of global crisis.

CEC for politically facing outside meddling

Shawdesh Desk: Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday advised politicians to face foreigners’ interference in elections, if any, politically as the Election Commission has nothing to do in

Bangladesh receives $1.64b remittance in 21 days of July: BB

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh received $1.64 billion inward remittance till July 21, thanks to Eid-ul-Azha when Bangladeshi migrants sent more money to families to celebrate one of the biggest festival of

Bangladesh reports 5 more Covid deaths, 548 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh reported five more Covid deaths in 24 hours till Monday morning while it recorded 548 coronavirus cases during the period. “Bangladesh reported 7.84 per cent Covid positive

Cost of a missed opportunity

Biden’s trip to the Middle East demonstrated the weakness of US influence in the region, the increased difficulty of any resumption of the Iran nuclear accord and the enhanced role