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India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 19.5 million with 300,000 fresh cases, over 3,689 deaths

Shawdesh Desk: India on Sunday reported 392,488 cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, pushing the infection tally past the 19.5-million mark, according to the Union ministry

Dipu Moni suggests students to go beyond textbooks

Shawdesh desk: Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has suggested parents not to keep their children confined to select books enumerated in the syllabus. Rather, the students should be imparted knowledge

May Day: Solidarity & empathy in times of Covid

Shawdesh Desk: The historic May Day is being observed on Saturday as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic which has rendered millions of workers jobless across the world in recent

Bangladesh to resume commercial flights on select routes

Shawdesh Desk; Commercial flights between Dhaka and some 38 countries will resume from Saturday, according to the country’s civil aviation regulator. However, flights to high-risk countries will remain suspended, the

18 Covid patients dead in fire at India hospital: Report

Shawdesh Desk: At least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday. Gut-wrenching visuals of the tragedy

Historic May Day Today

Shawdesh Desk: May Day is being observed in Bangladesh today like elsewhere across the world through various programmes with pledge to establish the rights of workers. The day is a

Global Covid-19 cases top 151 million

Shawdesh desk: With new variants of Covid-19 spreading rapidly, the global Covid-19 caseload on Saturday touched the grim milestone of 151 million. The total corona fatalities also mounted to 3,176,404,

India records over 400,000 Covid cases in 24 hours: official data

Shawdesh Desk: India recorded on Saturday over 400,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours for the first time, the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed.