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Bangladesh urgently seeks 1.6mn AstraZeneca doses from UK

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh urgently seeks 1.6mn AstraZeneca doses from UK After its request to the United States, Bangladesh has urged the United Kingdom (UK) to help it by providing vaccine

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Cyclone brewing over Andaman Sea ‘may hit Bangladesh coast’

Shawdesh DEsk: A low pressure area is brewing over the North Andaman Sea and the adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal, which could intensify into a cyclonic storm, the Met office

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India records more 4,194 COVID-19 deaths with over 250,000 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 26,289,290 with 257,299 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, said the federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. A

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Restrictions on movement of passengers through Indo-Bangla land ports extended till May 31

Shawdesh desk: The government has extended restrictions on the movement of passengers through land ports with India up to May 31 as India’s surge in coronavirus cases continues. Although borders

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Biden hails Israel-Hamas cease-fire, sees ‘opportunity’

Shawdesh Desk: President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, saying he sees a “genuine opportunity” toward the larger goal of building a

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Helping poor in Bangladesh: WB approves $600 mn for 2 projects

Shawdesh Desk: The World Bank has approved $600 million for two projects in Bangladesh to help over 1.75 million poor and vulnerable populations. These two projects will include youths, women,

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Trader murdered in front of son: Accused Manik killed in ‘gunfight’

Shawdesh Desk: An accused in a case filed in connection with stabbing a trader to death in front of his son in Dhaka’s Pallabi area has been killed in a

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Israel-Palestinian ceasefire comes into force

Shawdesh Desk: A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, came into force early Friday after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the

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