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Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 16 more deaths, 2,187 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh recorded 16 more deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the tally at 2187. The country experienced a sharp rise in corona infections as some 2,187 new

Niko graft case: charge framing against Khaleda on Mar 25

Shawdesh Desk: The Ninth Special Judge Court of Dhaka yesterday fixed March 25 for hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others.

Global Covid cases top 121 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid caseload surged past 121 million on Thursday, despite high rates of vaccination. The total case count and deaths currently stand at 121,139,773 and 2,679,932, respectively,

Moudud Ahmed’s body to be brought back this evening

Shawdesh desk: The body of BNP standing committee member and noted lawyer Moudud Ahmed will be brought back home from Singapore on Thursday evening. “All the necessary formalities have been

Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi faces new corruption charges from junta

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be hit with fresh corruption charges from the country’s military junta, a decision slammed by her lawyer as “groundless and

Corona infected BNP leader Rizvi hospitalised

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has been admitted to a hospital in the capital after he was tested positive for the Covid-19.

PM to open Amar Ekushey Book Fair today

Shawdesh desk: The Amar Ekushey Book Fair, the country’s largest book festival, begins today at Bangla Academy and its adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Thursday maintaining health guidelines

ECNEC okays Tk 4,123cr project to build homes for insolvent FFs

Shawdesh desk: The government approved on Tuesday a Taka 4,123 crore project for constructing 30,000 homes for insolvent valiant freedom fighters and family members of the martyred and deceased war heroes