Bangladesh

Sylhet’s train services restored after 13 hrs

Shawdesh desk: Train communication of Sylhet with the rest of the country was restored after 9am on Thursday, 13 hours later following the derailment of two carriages of an oil-carrying train

Bus torched in Dhaka in broad daylight

Shawdesh desk: Unidentified people set fire to a bus of ‘Ajmeri Paribahan’ in Bijoynagar area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka in broad daylight on Thursday. No casualty was reported. The

Second day of sixth blockade called by BNP, allies underway

Shawdesh Desk: The second day of the sixth round of the 48-hour countrywide blockade programme called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies is underway for the

Two covered vans torched in Gazipur

Shawdesh Desk: A group of people set fire to two covered vans on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Salna in Gazipur city early Thursday while the country was witnessing the second day

Derailment snaps train communication of capital with northern parts

Shawdesh Desk: Two carriages of a Dhaka-bound goods-laden train veered off a tracks in Natore district on Wednesday afternoon, snapping the communication of the capital with the northern region. The

Masked robbers loot 80 tola of gold from 3 Savar jewellery shops

Shawdesh desk: A group of masked robbers looted 80 tola of gold from three jewellery shops at Hemayetpur in Savar, on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, early Wednesday. Dipak

Dhaka’s rail link with northern region resumes after 9 hrs

Shawdesh Desk: The train services of Dhaka with northern parts resumed on Tuesday afternoon after nine hours’ of suspension following a derailment at Betor area of Tangail’s Sadar upazila. The

RAB recovers 21 crude bombs from Benapole

Shawdesh Desk; Members of Rapid Action Battalion recovered 21 crude bombs from Bhoberber village under Benapole Land Port police station in Jashore district early Tuesday. Major Mohammad Saqib Hossain of