Dhaka Division

2 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in city

Shawdesh Desk: A woman and her granddaughter were killed and two others injured after truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Rupnagar Beribadh area of capital’s Mirpur on Monday morning. The

Abolition of DSA: Police bar students from besieging Home Ministry

Shawdesh desk: Police on Monday foiled the bid of the leaders and activists of some left-leaning student bodies to besiege the Home Ministry to press home their various demands including abolition of

Youth crushed under train in Tongi

Shawdesh Desk: A youth was crushed to death under the wheel of a train in Tongi Rail Station area on Sunday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be

Woman found dead in Mohammadpur

Shawdesh Desk: Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a road in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Thursday morning. The identity of the woman, aged around 30, could not

Tensions mount at JU, demo continues defying authorities’ order

Shawdesh Desk: The students of Jahangirnagr University are still there occupying its different dormitories defying the university administration’s instruction to leave the campus by 10 am on Monday. Witnesses said

6 get life term for killing newly wed bride in Kishoreganj

Shawdesh Desk: A Kishoreganj court on Monday sentenced six people, including two women, to life term imprisonment for killing a newly wed bride in Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj in 2011.

Woman set on fire by husband in Gazipur dies at SHNIBPS

Shawdesh Desk: A woman, who sustained severe burn injuries after her husband allegedly set her on fire on February 7, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic

JU teacher sacked for sexual harassment

Shawdesh desk: The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) sacked Sanwar Siraj, assistant professor of Government and Politics department for sexually harassing a female student of the same department. The decision