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COVID-19: 23 more die, 694 others test positive in 24 hours

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh witnessed 23 more deaths and 694 new cases of Covid-19 in past 24 hours until Tuesday morning. The infection tally stood at 1,569,452 with the new cases.

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Mortar shell-like object found at Mirpur

Shawdesh Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered a mortar shell-like object from an under construction building in Mirpur Zoo area of the capital in Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the bomb

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US hands over additional 2.5 m Pfizer vaccines to Bangladesh

Shawdesh desk: The US Ambassador Earl R. Miller on Tuesday handed over 2.5 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh, a gift from the American people. Ambassador Miller and

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Nobel Physics Prize to two climate experts and Italian theorist

Shawdesh Desk: Syukuro Manabe of the US and Japan, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy, on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models and the understanding of

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ECNEC approves TK 1,435.89cr project to upgrade Tangail-Delduar Highway

Shawdesh Desk: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Taka 1,435.89 crore project to upgrade the Tangail-Delduar-Louhati-Saturia-Kawalipara-Kalampur bus stand road regional highway to due

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BNP loses confidence in contesting polls: PM

Shawdesh dEsk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday slammed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for its continuous efforts to make elections questionable and controversial as she said top leaders of the

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Global Covid fatalities top 4.8 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid death toll has now surpassed 4.8 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total caseload and

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ADB appoints Edimon Ginting as country director for Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Edimon Ginting as its new Country Director for Bangladesh. Ginting assumed office today. He succeeds Manmohan Parkash who recently joined ADB’s

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