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India achieves ‘Historic’ One Billion Vaccinations Milestone

Shawdesh Desk: India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive has achieved a historic milestone of administering one billion vaccine doses. Around 75 percent of the eligible population (18+) has been given the first dose, while

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Prime Minister calls for exploring new markets to enhance export earnings

Shawdesh dEsk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed diversification of the exportable products, urging businessmen and officials concerned to expand production of export items and explore new global markets to

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Graft case: Verdict against SK Sinha, 10 others deferred

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court has deferred again the pronouncement of verdict in a corruption case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others over laundering Tk4

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Covid: WHO warns pandemic will drag on into 2022

Shawdesh Desk: The Covid pandemic will “go on for a year longer than it needs to” because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health Organization

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Global Covid death toll nears 4.10 million

Shawdesh dEsk: As the global race to vaccinate masses against Covid continues, the overall death toll from the virus is fast approaching 4.10 million. The global Covid fatality figures and

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COVID-19 cases worldwide down 4%, deaths down 2% in past week: WHO

Shawdesh desk: More than 2.7 million people contracted COVID-19 between October 11 and 17, over 46,000 people died, the World Health Organization said in its weekly bulletin. “With the exception

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COVID-19: 6 more die, 368 test positive in 24 hours

Shawdesh Desk: Covid-19 claimed 6 more lives in Bangladesh and infected 368 others in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the fresh numbers, the Covid-19 fatalities reached 27,791 in the

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Hasina united Bangladesh, its people towards higher development trajectory: FM

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina united Bangladesh and its people as the country is marching towards higher development trajectory leaving no

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