Pfizer and AZ Covid jabs ‘highly effective’ in elderly: UK study
Shawdesh Desk: The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been “highly effective” in reducing coronavirus infections and severe illness among elderly people in Britain, with a more than 80 percent reduction ReadMore
All 279 kidnapped Nigerian students released: governor
Shawdesh desk: All 279 Nigerian students kidnapped from their boarding school in the northern state of Zamfara have been released and are on government premises, the governor of the state ReadMore
2 workers missing as trawler capsizes in Karnaphuli river
Shawdesh Desk: Two workers went missing as a stone-laden trawler capsized in the Karnaphuli river in Chattorgram early Monday. Chattogram Fire Service Deputy Director (Acting) Md Azizul Islam confirmed the ReadMore
Two siblings drown in Chattogram pond
Shawdesh desk: Two minor siblings drowned in a pond in Anwara upazila of Chattoram on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as Ritu Akter, 8 and her 2-year-old minor brother ReadMore
Biden urged to back AI weapons to counter China and Russia threats
Shawdesh dEsk: The US and its allies should reject calls for a global ban on AI-powered autonomous weapons systems, according to an official report commissioned for the American President and ReadMore
Italy summons Myanmar envoy over protest crackdown
Shawdesh Desk: Italy’s foreign ministry said Monday it had summoned Myanmar’s ambassador to demand an end to the deadly crackdown on protests in the Southeast Asian nation. Ambassador Hmway Hmway Khyne ReadMore
Number of voters now 11.17 crore: EC
Shawdesh Desk: The number of the country’s voters has now increased to 11.17 crore (111.7 million) following inclusion of some 19 lakh fresh voters in the last one year, according ReadMore
Educationist professor Md Hanif dies
Shawdesh Desk: Professor Md Hanif, prominent educationist and former principal of Barisal Government Brojomohun (BM) College, died at a hospital in the capital on Monday night. He was 90. Hanif ReadMore
