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2nd phase of Covid vaccination begins

Shawdesh Desk: The second phase of the mass Covid-19 vaccination programme across the country has begun with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. According to media report, Sinopharm jabs are being given at

PM to distribute over 53,000 new homes to the homeless Sunday

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s pledge to provide housing to the country’s homeless people rolls on in full swing defying odds of pandemic and inclement weather. The long-time dream

UK Covid infections rise as Delta variant dominates

Shawdesh desk: UK coronavirus infections have risen slightly in the last week, with an estimated 119,000 people – up from 110,000 – now positive for the virus. The Office for

Woman rapped by 3 in Pallabi

Shawdesh Desk: A woman has alleged that she was kidnapped and raped by three men in the capital’s Pallabi area last week. However, police are yet to lodge an FIR

Aid workers among 11 dead in Nepal floods

Shawdesh Desk: Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain across Nepal this week have killed 11 people including one Indian and two Chinese workers at a development project. At

Abu Twa-Ha was in hideout for personal reasons: Police

Shawdesh Desk: Police said Islamic orator Abu Twa-Ha was in hideout for person reasons as he returned to in-law’s house in Rangpur on Friday a week after going missing. Twa-Ha

Bangladesh reports 3,8 83 fresh cases, 54 deaths from COVID-19

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh today reported 3,883 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 54 lives. “The tally of infections has surged to 8,44,970 as 3,883 new cases were confirmed in

Policeman killed, 80 students abducted in Nigeria school attack

Shawdesh Desk: Armed attackers have killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi, police, residents