Bangladesh

9 killed as bridge collapses with microbus

Shawdesh Desk: Nine women from the same family, including three children, were killed when a microbus and an auto-rickshaw plunged into a canal after part of a dilapidated bridge collapsed

U-loops built on riverbeds, canals disrupt water flows

Shawdesh desk: The Roads and Highways Department has earth-filled at least 20 rivers and canals crossing different highways across the country to construct U-loops. Officials claimed that U-loops were developed

Fresh areas flooded in Sylhet

Shawdesh Desk: The flood situation remained nearly unchanged in the north-eastern Sylhet region marooning over 25 lakh people, while around 35,000 families in five districts of northern Rangpur division were

Two lakh people marooned in Moulvibazar

Shawdesh Desk: Six of the seven upazilas in Moulvibazar have been inundated due to the incessant rains and onrush of water from upstream, leaving nearly two lakh people stranded. All

Man arrested for Facebook post mocking freedom fighter quota

Shawdesh Desk: A 43-year-old man named Jahangir Alam has been arrested over a Facebook post ‘mocking’ the quota system for freedom fighters in government jobs. Jahangir, son of Md Mokhlesur

Dhaka’s air continues to be in moderate zone with AQI score of 84

Shawdesh Desk: With an air quality index score of 84 at 9:15am on Thursday, Dhaka ranked 19th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality. Democratic

Landslides kill 10 in Rohingya camps

Shawdesh Desk: At least nine Rohingyas and a Bangladeshi were killed in landslides as rain wreaked havoc in Rohingya camp and surrounding areas in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila in the

1.5m marooned in Sylhet, Sunamganj

Shawdesh Desk; Nearly one-and-half million people were marooned in three days as fresh flood struck Sylhet and surrounding districts due to a heavy downpour and continuous onrush of water from