Dhaka Division

Couple, their son’s throat-slit bodies recovered from Savar flat

Shawdesh Desk: Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a couple and their son from their flat in Savar’s Ashulia area on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Moktar Hossain,

Fire breaks out at sweetmeat shop in Lalbagh

Shawdesh desk: A fire broke out in a shop in the capital’s Lalbagh area on Monday. The fire broke out around 1:35pm at ‘Madina Mistanno Bhandar, Rashid bin Khaled, an

Sweetmeat shop catches fire in Dhaka

Shawdesh desk: A fire broke out in a shop in Lalbagh area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday. The fire broke out at baout 1:35pm at ‘Madina Mistanno Bhandar’ at

Dhaka’s air quality continues to be ‘moderate’

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in the ‘moderate’ zone Saturday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 84 at 8:56 am, Dhaka today ranked 15th

Two youths arrested over killing elderly woman in Tangail

Shawdesh Desk: Police on Tuesday night arrested two people in connection with the murder of Sultana Suraiya, 65, mother of The Business Standard news editor Abu Shyem Akhund. The arrested

BRTC starts bus service on Dhaka Elevated Expressway

Shawdesh desk; The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation on Monday started the first-ever bus service on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport-Farmgate route. A double decker bus started from

4.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Bangladesh capital

Shawdesh desk: Another light earthquake jolted parts of Dhaka on Sunday, just six days after a mild tremor. The earthquake, measuring 4.2 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was felt at

Body of journalist’s mother recovered from house in Tangail

Shawdesh Desk: Police have recovered the throat-slit body of a woman from her own house in Tangail’s Bhuapur early Friday. The deceased was identified as Sultana Suraiya (65), mother of