Bangladesh

No end to illegal parking

Shawdesh Desk: Rickshaw puller Md Murad from Nakhalpara expressed his frustration while plying the capital’s Mayor Annisul Huq Road as it is full of parked trucks, pickups, and covered vans

RAB arrests five teen gang operators in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested five people, who operate teen gangs, in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Friday. The arrested were identified as Zulfiker Ali, 37, of Jamalpur,

One killed in Chuadanga road accident

Shawdesh Desk: A 50-year-old bicyclist died after being hit by a bus at Alukdia Bazar on the Chuadanga-Meherpur road in Chuadanga on Saturday morning. The incident happened when a Chuadanga

Two siblings die from electrocution in Pirojpur

Shawdesh Desk: Two siblings died from electrocution at village Uribunia under Nesarabad upazila in Pirojpur district on Saturday. The deceased are Enam Haque, 20 and Nadim Haque, 24—two sons of

Dhaka becomes 4th most polluted city with AQI score of 185

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka ranked fourth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 185 at 9:05am on morning. Dhaka’s air was classified

Govt thinks of repatriating Myanmar soldiers by waterway

Shawdesh Desk: The government is thinking of returning Myanmar soldiers, who fled Bangladesh amid ongoing conflict between the ethnic Arakan Army and Myanmar troops, by waterway. A press release of

Under-trial prisoner ‘tortured to death’ in Ctg jail

Shawdesh desk: An under-trial prisoner, who was an accused in a narcotics case, was allegedly tortured to death at Chattogram central jail on Tuesday. The deceased is Rubel Dey, 38,

Four people killed in Dinajpur road accident

Shawdesh Desk: Four people, including a rickshaw van driver, were killed as a bus of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation hit the van in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur on Tuesday morning,