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Educational institutions likely to reopen in first week of February

Shawdesh Desk: The educational institutions may be reopened in the first week or second week of February. All primary schools of the country will be reopened after discussion with the

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Health minister visits kurmitola General hospital to see preparedness to launch vaccination

Shawdesh Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik visited kurmitola General hospital on Tuesday to see preparedness to launch Covid-19 vaccination. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to launch

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Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 14 more deaths, 515 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Deadly coronavirus claimed 14 more lives in the previous 24 hours till Tuesday morning, taking the national death toll to 8,055. Another 515 cases reported during the period

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Five million Covid-19 vaccine doses reach Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: A consignment of five million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca ‘Covishield’ vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) has arrived in Dhaka from India. A flight of Air

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Biden Administration Removes Trump allies from U.S.-funded news outlets

Shawdesh Desk: The acting chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media has fired the leaders of multiple federally funded news outlets as part of the Biden administration’s sweeping effort

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New global coalition launched to address impacts of climate change

Shawdesh Desk: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change. In a virtual address to the Netherlands-hosted Climate

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Australia OKs Pfizer vaccine, to begin in Feb

Shawdesh Desk: Australia’s medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month. The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Monday gave provisional

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Dhaka seeks proactive global support to end Rohingya crisis

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has sought an effective and proactive support from the international community to find a solution to Rohingya crisis apart from management of huge displacement. “We need effective

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