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Covid-19: Mass vaccination resumes

Shawdesh Desk: The mass vaccination against Covid-19 resumed today across the country on a large scale with Sinopharm and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as Bangladesh is going to get 4.5 million doses

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Violation of lockdown rules to invite legal action, warns DMP

Shawdesh Desk: Urging people not to get out of homes without any valid reason during the seven-day tough lockdown, DMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Wednesday said the violators of

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Bangladesh reports second highest Covid-19 deaths in a single day

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh witnessed 115 coronavirus or Covid-19 deaths, which is the second highest since the pandemic began in March last year. The deaths were recorded across the country in

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Strict lockdown from tomorrow, gazette notification issued

Shawdesh desk: The country will go into seven-day strict lockdown on Thursday as the coronavirus situation has taken a serious turn with the gradual increase in fatalities and infections from

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Issue of imported low-quality bitumen raised in JS

Shawdesh Desk: The issue of the import of low-quality bitumen was raised in Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Harunur Rashid raised the issue, taking part in

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Border with India to remain closed for another 14 days: Secretary

Shawdesh desk: The border closure with India has been extended for another 14 days till July 14 amid the worsening Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh. “All other (previous) conditions remain the

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8,364 people test positive in a single day

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh on Monday recorded 8,364 Covid-19 cases after testing 35,059 samples, which is also the highest number of infections since the pandemic began in the country last year.

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Average life expectancy of Bangladeshis goes up to 72.8 years

Shawdesh desk: The average life expectancy of Bangladeshis has increased to 72.8 years in 2020 as compared to 72.6 years in 2019. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) published a report

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