Japan’s first-ever hotel in a wooden castle breathes new life
Shawdesh desk: A new Japanese hotel is offering travelers a first-of-its-kind experience — to live like a medieval lord in a real castle keep. Ozu Castle in Ehime prefecture’s Ozu ReadMore
Coronavirus long-term impact: Survey reports shocking hair loss in COVID-19 patients
Scientist and medical experts are learning more about the virus with every passing day in a bid to understand the mind-blogging ways the pathogen attacks the entire body, from head ReadMore
Trump orders TikTok’s Chinese-owned parent company to divest interest in US operations
Shawdesh Desk: President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday evening directing ByteDance, the Chinese-owned parent company of TikTok, to divest interest in the app’s US operations within the next ReadMore
Days of Darkness, Unmaking of Bangladesh
Dr. Akhter Hussain: August 15, 1975 was the darkest day for Bangladesh and its people and a crime committed against the humanity as well. Bangladesh has gone through many ups ReadMore
Global coronavirus death toll climbs to 763,357
Shawdesh Desk: A total of 763,357 people died of coronavirus worldwide in the 213 countries and territories since the virus emerged in Wuhan of China last December, according to latest data from ReadMore
US, Canada, Mexico COVID-19 travel ban extended
Shawdesh desk: The US Department of Homeland Security said Friday that a COVID-19 ban on non-essential travel through border crossings with Canada and Mexico was being extended until September 21. ReadMore
India’s COVID tally crosses 2.5 million with single-day spike of over 65k cases
Shawdesh desk: India recorded a single-day spike of 65,002 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data. This takes ReadMore
US 2020: Postal service warns of delays in mail-in vote count
Shawdesh Desk: The US Postal Service (USPS) has warned that millions of mail-in votes may not arrive in time to be counted on the presidential election day, 3 November. In ReadMore
