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Malaysia detains 156 expatriates including 62 Bangladeshis

Shawdesh Desk: The Immigration Department of Malaysia nabbed 156 expatriates, including 62 Bangladeshis, from a construction site in Cyberjaya city in the country during an operation on Sunday night. Malaysian

Ivermectin, HCQ dropped from one Covid treatment list

Shawdesh desk: The Union Health Ministry’s Directorate General of Health Services of India (DGHS) has issued revised guidelines for the management of Covid patients, dropping ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and favipiravir –

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to go on trial next week

Shawdesh Desk: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will go on trial next week, her lawyer said Monday, with the Nobel laureate facing an eclectic raft of charges, from

34 killed as two trains collide in southern Pakistan

Shawdesh desk: At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured Monday when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed earlier, officials said. An unknown

Global Covid-19 cases near 173 million

Shawdesh Desk: With new variants of Covid-19 spreading faster than ever before in several parts of the world, the global corona cases are now approaching 173 million. According to Johns

About 100 killed in Burkina Faso in deadliest attack since 2015

Shawdesh Desk: Around 100 civilians were killed in the deadliest attack in Burkina Faso since jihadist violence erupted in the country in 2015, security and local sources said Saturday. The

Putin sees ‘double standard’ in US Capitol riot prosecutions

Shawdesh Desk: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of double standards for its treatment of the Capitol rioters. He said it was wrong for the US to slam

Global Covid deaths top 3.7 million

Shawdesh desk: With the Covid-19 situation worsening around the world by the day, the global death toll from the virus surpassed 3.7 million on Saturday. According to Johns Hopkins University