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Global Covid-19 cases soar to 78.6 million

Shawdesh Desk: The COVID-19 cases worldwide have exceeded 78.6 million with over 1.7 million fatalities on Thursday, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total case

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Covid-19: Global cases near 78 million

Shawdesh desk: The number of globally confirmed Covid-19 cases crossed 77.9 million on Wednesday with 1,715,945 fatalities, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total caseload reached

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29 Bangladeshis freed from Pakistan jails to return home tonight

Shawdesh desk: A total of 29 Bangladeshis, who were freed from Malir and Karachi jails of Pakistan, will return home on Wednesday night at the initiative of the foreign ministry.

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Bhutan announces seven-day nationwide lockdown amid new COVID-19 cases

Shawdesh Desk: Bhutan will go on lockdown for seven days starting from Tuesday amid rising case of Covid-19 cases, announced Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering. In a statement, Tshering announced

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Covid-19: Global cases surpass 77 million

Shawdesh desk: The global caseload stood at 77,343,652 with 1,702,293 fatalities on Tuesday. US Covid-19 infections have passed 18,034,214. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 319,363 according to JHU.

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Biman cancels flights to Saudi Arabia for one week

Shawdesh Desk: Biman Bangladesh airlines has cancelled its all flights to Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam for one week from Monday as Saudi Arabia imposed a one-week flight restriction after a new

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Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc; global cases top 76.7 million

Shawdesh Desk: As the Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc worldwide, the total caseload reached 76,789,781 as of Monday morning and  the death toll mounted to 1,692, 578, according to the

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Eight killed as car bomb rocks Afghan capital

Shawdesh Desk: A car bomb killed eight people and wounded more than 15 others in Kabul Sunday, officials said, the latest attack to rock the Afghan capital. Kabul has been

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