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Lockdown extended till June 6 in Teknaf upazila, five Rohingya camps

Shawdesh Desk: Authorities on Tuesday extended the strict lockdown in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar and five Rohingya camps of Ukhiya in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19.

US welcomes Pfizer vaccine arrival in Bangladesh; reiterates to work together

Shawdesh Desk: The United States has welcomed the arrival of 106,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh saying the US, Bangladesh and global partners are working closely together

Budget session of parliament begins Wednesday

Shawdesh Desk: The 13th session (Budget) of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad will begin on Wednesday as the proposed budget will be placed in the parliament for the second time during

Remove barriers to sending Khaleda abroad: BNP

Shawdesh Desk: BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday called upon the government to withdraw its restriction on sending their party’s ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced treatment.

Cabinet approves draft Finance Company Bill

Shawdesh desk: The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of Finance Company Bill, 2021, keeping a provision of imposing a fine of Tk one crore as the maximum

Bangladesh confirms 36 more Covid-19 deaths, 1,710 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh confirms 36 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours till Monday 8:00am, taking the country’s death toll 12,619. Besides, the positivity rate dropped to 9.42% and

100,620 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrive today

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh is scheduled to receive 100,620 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines today. The government has earlier given the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19

Engr Mosharraf gives ultimatum to relocate BSRM factory

Shawdesh Desk: The people living in Mirsharai Upazila of Chattogram have been facing an acute crisis of safe drinking water for a long time. Many of them are not getting