Bangladesh

Former food official sent to jail in graft case

Shawdesh Desk: A Rajshahi court on Monday sent a former food official to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission on charge of irregularities and corruption in buying

Flash flood affects 50 lakh people in 10 dists

Shawdesh Desk: The ongoing flash flood that swept vast swathes of northern and north-eastern regions for the ninth day running on Saturday affected more than 50 lakh people, official estimates

BMD predicts heavy rain across Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted widespread rain and thundershowers across all divisions, including Dhaka, within the next 24 hours starting from 9:00am on Sunday. According to the latest

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