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Govt sets target to vaccinate 10m people

Shawdesh Desk: The government has set a target to vaccinate around one crore people through its weeklong countrywide vaccination campaign to start from August 7. People will be able to

Age limit for Covid-19 vaccination lowered to 25yrs

Shawdesh Desk: The government of Bangladesh has decided to lower the minimum age limit for Covid-19 vaccination to 25 years. Bangladeshi citizens of 25 years of age and above can

Bangladesh counts 239 more corona deaths

Shawdesh Desk; Bangladesh on Thursday registered 239 more coronavirus or Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours. With new fatalities, the country saw 20, 255 deaths from Covid-19 infection. Besides, 15,

Lockdown Breaches: 568 arrested in Dhaka on 7th day

Shawdesh Desk: Police arrested 568 people in Dhaka for violating lockdown restrictions on the 7th day of the 14-day countrywide lockdown on Thursday. The arrestees failed to show any valid

Banks to remain closed on next Sunday, Wednesday

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday said banks will be remained closed on next Sunday and Wednesday due to brisk spreading of coronavirus across the country. Besides, the transaction period

Covid death toll in Bangladesh crosses 20,000 with 237 new fatalities

Shawdesh Desk: As the highly transmissible Delta variant keeps sweeping through the country, Bangladesh logged off 237 Coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, taking the death toll to

18 sleeping on road dead as truck hits bus in India’s Uttar Pradesh

Shawdesh Desk: Eighteen labourers, sleeping on the road in front of a bus, were crushed to death on Wednesday morning by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district of

Bangladesh registers new record of 258 Covid-19 deaths

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has registered 258 new deaths from coronavirus or Covid-19 in a day, a new record, raising the total toll from the infection to 19,779. The caseload surged