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President, PM mourn death of Lata Mangeshkar

Shawdesh Desk: President Mohammad Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. In separate condolence messages,

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Vaccination of Qawmi madrasa students begins

Shawdesh Desk: The vaccination campaign for Qawmi Madrasha students began on Sunday. Additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof. Meerjady Sabrina Flora and director of

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EC formation: Search committee to hold first meeting this afternoon

Shawdesh dEsk: The first meeting of the six-member search committee, which was formed to reconstitute the Election Commission (EC), will be held on Sunday afternoon. The chairman of the committee

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Morocco boy found dead in tragic end to well ordeal

Shawdesh Desk: Moroccan emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well late Saturday in a tragic end to a painstaking five-day rescue operation that gripped

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Global Covid cases surpass 392 million amid Omicron spread

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 392 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count

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Robbery in Kachukhet jewellery shops: 300 bhories of gold, Tk 5 lakh taken away

Shawdesh Desk: Miscreants took away 300 bhories of gold and money in a daring robbery in two jewellery shops of city’s Kachukhet area Friday night. It is learnt that the

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Bangladesh reports 8,359 fresh cases, 36 deaths from Covid-19

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh reported 8,359 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 36 lives. “The country reported 23.83 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 35,074 samples were tested in the past 24

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Noted journalist Pir Habibur passes away, Bashundhara Group Chairman condoles the death

Shawdesh desk: Noted journalist and daily Bangladesh Pratidin’s Executive Editor Pir Habibur Rahman passed away at a hospital in the capital. He breathed his last at the Labaid Hospital around 4:08

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