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Myanmar to execute two including ex-MP from Suu Kyi’s party

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s military government says appeals by two prominent democracy activists against their death sentences have been rejected, paving the way for the country’s first executions in decades, reports

Week-long Covid-19 booster dose campaign begins today

Shawdesh desk: A week-long nationwide special campaign for administering Covid-19 booster jabs is starting today. The mass vaccination program of booster dose will continue till June 10. More than one

Soaring Prices of Essentials: Life gets expensive

Shawdesh Desk: The purchasing capacity of lower and middle-class people of the country have gone beyond their income as prices of most essential commodities have increased further. The hike in

Hasan joins Chattogram rally by motorbike due to traffic jam

Shawdesh desk: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today joined a protest rally in Chattogram after coming by motorcycle leaving his vehicle which was stuck in traffic jam in

2 UN peacekeepers killed in 6th incident in Mali in 2 weeks

Shawdesh Desk: Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed Friday when their armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali in the sixth incident in less than two weeks

US FDA concerned over potential Novavax myocarditis risk

Shawdesh Desk: The Food and Drug Administration voiced concern Friday about myocarditis being potentially linked to the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, just as experts are to weigh its use in the

President, PM of Bangladesh greet Queen Elizabeth II on Platinum Jubilee

Shawdesh Desk: President Md. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have conveyed their heartfelt felicitations and warmest greetings on the joyous occasion of the Platinum Jubilee celebration of Her

Source tax on gold import to be obliterated to control smuggling

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh government mulls to cut existing 5% taxes on gold imports to encourage the import on legal routes through authorised dealers, sources from the finance ministry confirmed. Gold