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New Covid variant: Bangladesh plans to ban flights with South Africa

Shawdesh Desk: Expressing concern over the new Covid variant, ‘Omicron’, the government has planned to suspend flights with South Africa, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque. “The (health) ministry is aware

Allowances of CJ, SC judges to be raised; Bills placed

Shawdesh desk: Two bills were placed in Parliament on Saturday to raise the allowances of the the Chief Justice and the judges of the Appellate Division and the High Court,

Omicron variant: State of emergency declared in New York

Shawdesh desk: New York governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rise in Covid-19 cases in the state and the threat of the omicron

19 pilgrims killed in Mexico bus crash

Shawdesh Desk: At least 19 people taking part in a religious pilgrimage in Mexico died in a bus crash on Friday, authorities said, AFP reported. The victims, from the western

Global Covid cases near 261 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 261 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU),

Verdict in BUET student Abrar killing case Sunday

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a killing case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad on Sunday (November 28). Judge Abu

Ban on travel from Africa widens as new Covid variant sparks fear

Shawdesh desk: The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries to restrict travel from southern Africa, where a new Covid strain labelled a “variant of concern”

Covid: New variant classed ‘of concern’ and named Omicron

Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new coronavirus variant to be “of concern” and named it Omicron. It had a large number of mutations, and early