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Covid-19: Bangladesh confirms 26 more deaths, 1,719 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh reported 26 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the death tally at 8,597. In the last 24 hours, 1,719 people tested

Training aircraft crashes in Rajshahi paddy field

Shawdesh dEsk: A two-seater training aircraft crash landed at a paddy field of Lalpur under Tanore upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday afternoon. The accident took place around 2:30pm in the

10-day special programmes begin Wednesday

Shawdesh desk: The entire nation is waiting eagerly to flaunt the hues of its pride — the twin-coloured (red and green) national flag — as Bangladesh is set to celebrate

Myanmar junta orders martial law in large area of Yangon

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an

Covid-19: Continue using AstraZeneca vaccine, says WHO

Shawdesh desk: The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to pause Covid vaccinations, as several major EU member states halted their rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab. It said

Khaleda’s conditional release extended for another 6 months

Shawdesh Desk: The government has decided to extended the imprisonment suspension of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for another six months. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told media on Monday that

Myanmar security forces kill 38, martial law imposed in Yangon areas

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in parts of the country’s largest city as security forces killed more protesters in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to

Global Covid-19 cases approaching 120 million

Shawdesh Desk: The world is fast approaching the grim milestone of 120 million of Covid-19 cases despite high rates of vaccination. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU),