Bangladesh

Drivers block Dhaka roads for withdrawal of ban on battery-run rickshaws

Shawdesh Desk: Drivers of battery-run three wheelers have been staging demonstration blocking roads in Dhaka’s Mirpur, Pallabi and some other areas since Sunday morning, demanding withdrawal of ban on the

‘Don’t do politics of blame game,’ Sayeed Khokon urges Taposh

Shawdehs desk: Claiming that the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh has been spreading ‘false and fabricated’ information, former mayor Sayeed Khokon MP has requested him

Eight of juvenile gang held in Ctg, arms seized

Shawdesh Desk: Eight members of a juvenile gang allegedly involved in mugging, extortion and different types of harassment were arrested by the Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) from different areas of

2 UPDF men shot dead in Rangamati

Shawdesh Desk: Two members of United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF -Prasit) were shot to death allegedly by a group of Jana Sanghati Samiti (JSS-Santu Larma) at Langadu upazila in Rangamati district on Saturday morning. The incident

Six killed in lightning strikes in Narsingdi, Tangail

Shawdesh desk: Six people were killed in three incidents of lightning strikes in Narsingdi and Tangail districts on Saturday. Of them, four were killed in Narsingdi and two were killed

Microbus catches fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway

Shawdesh Desk: A microbus caught fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway in front of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday. Rozina Akhtar, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters

More than 50 houses burnt in Gazipur fire

Shawdesh Desk; Several markets and more than 50 tin-roof houses were burnt in a fire in Bhogra bypass area in Gazipur city on early Thursday. The fire started at a

Six injured in attack over establishing election office in Jashore

Shawdesh Desk: Six people, including a former upazila parishad chairman, were injured in an attack by supporters of the current upazila chairman over the establishment of an election office for