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PM leaves Maldives for home

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Maldives for home today wrapping up her maiden six-day bilateral visit. “A special VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and

Coronavirus vaccine booster dose to be administered from tomorrow

Shawdesh Desk: The government has decided to start administering Covid-19 booster shots from Tuesday. Citizens aged 60 and above would be eligible for receiving the booster doses. The frontliners, including

Jhalakathi launch fire: MV Abhijan-10 owner arrested from Keranigan

Shawdesh Desk: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested Hamjalal Sheikh, one of the owners of launch MV ‘Avijan-10’, in connection with the deadly fire incident in the launch

Philippines typhoon death toll rises to 388: govt

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from one of the most destructive typhoons to hit the Philippines in recent years rose to 388 on Monday, the government said, as disease outbreaks

Train crashes into bus in N’ganj: Death toll reaches 4

Shawdesh Desk: Another man who was injured in train-bus collision at a level-crossing near Narayanganj railway station died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Monday morning, raising the

Global covid cases near 280mn as Omicron wave pounds hospitals

Shawdesh Desk: The global overall number of coronavirus cases is fast approaching 280 million with the new Covid-19 strain Omicron showing a spike in hospitalization. According to Johns Hopkins University

4th phase UP polls go on amid allegations of irregularities

Shawdesh Desk: The 4th phase polls to 838 Union Parishads in different district is being held today amid allegations of irregularities and vote rigging. New age correspondent in Chattogram reported

6,300 flights scrapped as Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel

Shawdesh Desk: More than 6,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, a tracking website reported Saturday, as the highly infectious Omicron