Covid: 168m children worldwide have missed school for a year, says UNICEF
Shawdesh Desk: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost an entire year due to COVID-19 lockdowns, according to new data released on Wednesday ReadMore
Six dead as Myanmar security forces fire at protesters
Shawdesh Desk: At least six people were killed as Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters Wednesday, after the junta hit half a dozen detained journalists, including an Associated Press ReadMore
Covid brought under control with united efforts: PM
Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has been able to successfully face the Covid-19 pandemic with united efforts of all sectors and the situation is ReadMore
18 rocket shells recovered from Habiganj’s Satchhari forest
Shawdesh Desk: Eighteen rocket shells were recovered from Satchhari forest area of Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj on Wednesday. Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered the shells during a drive ReadMore
At least 10 people killed South Sudan plane crash
Shawdesh Desk: At least ten people, including the two pilots, died when a plane crashed at an airstrip in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, the region’s governor and the airline said. ReadMore
4 to die for killing woman in Chattogram
Shawdes Desk: A court in Chattogram on Wednesday sentenced four men to death for killing a woman in the port city in 2016. Chattogram’s Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shariful ReadMore
Russia says new Western sanctions ‘absolutely unacceptable’
Shawdesh Desk: The Kremlin said Wednesday Western sanctions on Russia were “absolutely unacceptable” and dismissed as “outrageous” claims that the country’s security agency was behind the poisoning of opposition figure ReadMore
US concludes Russia poisoned Navalny, joins EU in sanctions
Shawdesh Desk: The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials in a coordinated action with the European Union as US intelligence concluded that Moscow orchestrated the near ReadMore
