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WHO says no Omicron deaths yet, as variant spreads worldwide

Shawdesh Desk: The Omicron variant has been detected in 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the WHO said on Friday, as authorities worldwide rushed to stem the

AL picks Ivy again as NCC mayoral candidate

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Awami League has again chosen Dr Selina Hayat Ivy as its mayoral candidate to contest the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election slated for January 16 next. Besides,

Cyclone ‘Jawad’ brewing in Bay of Bengal, signal two for maritime ports

Shawdesh desk: The cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’ over the west-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas has moved north-northwestwards and currently lies over the same area, weather officials have said. Around

Road accidents claim 413 lives in November: Report

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh witnessed a sharp rise in the number of road crashes and casualties in November last as 413 people lost their lives on the country’s perilous roads in

Students show red cards in protest of corruption, traffic rules violation

Shawdesh Desk: Protesting students from multiple educational institutions of the capital again took to the streets for safe roads and a few other demands in Dhaka on Saturday. They took

Three killed as train collides with bus, auto in Ctg

Shawdesh Desk: Three people, including a traffic policeman, were killed and seven others injured in a three-way collision between a bus, an auto-rickshaw and a Demu train at Jautala rail

World peace meet begins today

Shawdesh Desk: All preparations are set to begin a two-day World Peace Conference-2021 in Dhaka today, marking the ongoing birth centenary celebrations of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

5 detained, explosives recovered from ‘militant den’ in Nilphamari

Shawdesh Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested five people, including two women, during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Nilphamari’s Sadar Upazila. In addition to the arrests,