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Lockdown: Police detain 373, arrests 76 for violating restrictions in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Police detained 373 people and arrested 76 from different areas of the capital till 5 pm on Thursday on charge of violating lockdown restrictions . Police said they

PM for greater co-op between AL, CPC for mutual benefits

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the Chinese people, President Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on the party’s birth

25 lakh doses of Moderna vaccine to arrive Friday, Saturday: Minister

Shawdesh Desk: Twenty-five lakh doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine under COVAX facility will arrive in Dhaka on Friday and Saturday, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Wednesday. “Around 12 lakh

26pc tax on local bitumen production illogical: Experts

Shawdesh Desk: * Tax structure favours imports, neglects local industry * 15pc duty on raw material imports, import of refined bitumen goes tax free! * 15pc VAT on local bitumen supply;

Covid-19: Mass vaccination resumes

Shawdesh Desk: The mass vaccination against Covid-19 resumed today across the country on a large scale with Sinopharm and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as Bangladesh is going to get 4.5 million doses

Bangladesh reports second highest Covid-19 deaths in a single day

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh witnessed 115 coronavirus or Covid-19 deaths, which is the second highest since the pandemic began in March last year. The deaths were recorded across the country in

More than 230 deaths reported in British Columbia amid historic heat wave

Shawdesh Desk: More than 230 deaths have been reported in British Columbia since Friday as a historic heat wave brought record-high temperatures, officials said Tuesday. The province’s chief coroner called

Strict lockdown from tomorrow, gazette notification issued

Shawdesh desk: The country will go into seven-day strict lockdown on Thursday as the coronavirus situation has taken a serious turn with the gradual increase in fatalities and infections from