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1st consignment of China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine may arrive early next month: DGHS DG

Shawdesh Desk: Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam has said the first consignment of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine of China

BGB-Army to be deployed to enforce hard lockdown

Shawdesh desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Army and Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) will be deployed to enforce hard lockdown. Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam came with the information on

All-out 7-day lockdown from July 1: Cabinet secretary

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh will go into all-out lockdown from Thursday in an effort to bring the Covid situation under control. Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam made the announcement on Monday.

Public transports go off streets, malls shut as ‘strict lockdown’ begins in Bangladesh

Shawdesh desk: Public transports went off streets and shopping malls remained shut in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh as the government has enforced a strict lockdown ‘on a limited

Form fillup activity of HSC exams of 2021 postponed

Shawdesh Desk: The activity of filling up form for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations of 2021 has been postponed in the wake of alarming situation of Covid-19 in the country. Prof SM Amirul

Lockdown: Mad rush of homebound people at Shimulia terminal

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands of people overcrowded the Shimulia ferry terminal on Sunday in their frantic efforts to get back their village homes ahead of the hard lockdown. People were seen

Khaleda’s appearance in 11 cases on August 10

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka Court on Sunday fixed August 10 for the appearance of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 11 cases filed on charges of sabotage and sedition. Dhaka

PM reaffirms resolve to combat coronavirus, seeks cooperation

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called for cooperation from all as she reiterated her government’s resolve to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. “We will be able to face