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India records highest spike of daily COVID-19 cases

Shawdesh Desk: India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 12,392,260 on Saturday as 89,129 new cases were reported from across the country, according to the latest figures released by the federal health

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India Covid: Maharashtra to go into lockdown unless cases fall

Shawdesh Desk: The chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra has warned a full lockdown could be imposed unless Covid-19 cases begin to fall. Uddhav Thackeray said people

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Hefazat attempted to stigmatise golden jubilee: Dr Benazir

Shawdesh Desk: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed said on Wednesday Hefazat-e-Islam had attempted to stigmatise the golden jubilee of independence. “Hefazat activists carried out violence all over

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Bangladesh records highest ever Covid cases in a single day, 52 more die

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases in a day since the pandemic made landfall in the country in March last year. The country has recorded

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India announced 2,000 scholarships for the heirs of freedom fighters

Shawdesh Desk: Each year the Government of India awards scholarship to descendents of Muktijoddhas to commemorate the invaluable contribution of Muktijoddhas towards the Liberation of Bangladesh. This year, 2,000 such

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Bangladesh economy to see 3.6pc growth in 2021: WB

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) will increase by 3.6 percent in 2021 supported by better than expected remittance inflows, the World Bank says in updated forecast. In its

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4 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Raozan

Shawdesh Desk: Four passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed after being hit by a truck in Pahartali area of Raozan upazila in Chattogram district on early Wednesday. The deceased

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