Global Covid cases top 197 million
Shawdesh desk: As the mass vaccination rates lags, the second wave of the pandemic continues to spread fast with the global Covid-19 caseload sugaring past 197-million mark. Vaccination rates across ReadMore
Second batch of vaccines from Japan on way to Dhaka
Shawdesh desk: Nearly 8 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan will arrive in Dhaka today (Saturday, July 31). Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan has seen off the second ReadMore
Export-oriented factories allowed to run from August 1
Shawdesh Desk: The government of Bangladesh has allowed the operation of export-oriented factories from August 1. A gazette notification signed by deputy-secretary Md Rezaul Islam of cabinet division confirmed the ReadMore
DGHS for continuation of lockdown
Shawdesh Desk: The Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) has recommended for continuation of the ongoing nationwide lockdown considering the worsening Covid-19 situation. Talking to journalists, Professor Dr ABM Khurshid ReadMore
MP Ali Ashraf from Cumilla-7 passes away
Shawdesh Desk: MP Ali Ashraf, an Awami League lawmaker from Cumilla and a former deputy speaker, passed away at a city hospital at the age of 73 on Friday. He ReadMore
Govt sets target to vaccinate 10m people
Shawdesh Desk: The government has set a target to vaccinate around one crore people through its weeklong countrywide vaccination campaign to start from August 7. People will be able to ReadMore
Helena Jahangir put on 3-day remand
Shawdesh desk: Helena Jahangir was put on three days’ remand on Friday after the businesswoman was arrested from her Gulshan residence in the capital on Thursday midnight. A Dhaka metropolitan ReadMore
Bangladesh counts 212 more corona deaths
Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh reported 13,862 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 212 lives in the last 24 hours, “The country reported 30.77 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 45,044 samples ReadMore
