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PM asks secretaries to continue country’s ongoing development spree

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the secretaries of the government to carry out the uplift activities keeping in mind that the existing development trend of the

Global Covid cases top 208 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid-19 caseload has now surpassed 208 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second outbreak of the pandemic. According to US-based Johns Hopkins University

Haiti earthquake death toll nears 2,000

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation’s civil protection agency said Tuesday, as a tropical storm brought

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 198 deaths, 7,535 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh on Tuesday reported 198 deaths and 7,535 cases of new infections from coronavirus or Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. More to follow…….

No Tajia procession allowed this year in Ashura

Shawdesh Desk: The government has prohibited any kind of Tajia procession on Ashura this year to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Other religious ceremonies can be held indoors in compliance

Global Covid cases near 208 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid-19 caseload is now nearing the grim milestone of 208 million, as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to devastate several countries even with mass inoculations

BNP activists clash with police at Dhaka’s Chandrima Udyan, several injured

Shawdesh Desk: Several people were injured in a clash between Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists and police at Dhaka’s Chandrima Udyan on Tuesday morning. The clash started around 10:30 am

Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000

Shawdesh Desk: A hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie