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Journalist Rozina Islam gets bail

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday granted interim bail to Prothom Alo senior reporter Rozina Islam until July 15 in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act. Dhaka

Govt issues circular extending lockdown till May 30

Shawdesh desk: The government has again extended the ongoing restrictions on public movement and gathering, or so-called, lockdown, for another week — until May 30 — to contain the spread

Global Covid-19 cases hit 166.4 million

Shawdesh Desk: Covid-19 has so far infected over 166.4 million people across the world, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). As per the data, the total caseload

Covid: Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs effective against Indian variant: study

Shawdesh desk: The Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are highly effective against the variant identified in India after two doses, a study has found. Two jabs of either vaccine give

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges youths to be self-reliant thru fish farming

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the youths to engage themselves in self-employment activities availing of the government facilities to be financially self-reliant and make a prosperous

Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections in November

Shawdesh Desk: Nepal’s president dissolved Parliament and announced fresh elections on Saturday after the prime minister, who was heading a minority government and was unlikely to secure a vote of

Bangladesh records 38 more Covid-19 deaths

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has confirmed 38 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total death tally to 12,348. Meanwhile, 1,028 more people were infected with Covid-19 in the

Biden vows to help ‘rebuild’ Gaza, insists on two-state solution

Shawdesh desk: President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to help organize efforts to rebuild Gaza and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the “only answer” to the conflict. Biden also said