Bangladesh

20 special trains running to facilitate AL activists to join PM’s Khulna rally

Shawdesh Desk: Twenty special trains of of Bangladesh Railway are running on different routes on Monday so that people can join prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s rally organised by the ruling

Man, son killed, three injured in Munshiganj road accident

Shawdesh desk: A man and his infant son were killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Torki area of Munshiganj Sadar upazila on Monday morning. The

Juba League leader stabbed to death in Gaibandha

Shawdesh desk: A local Juba League leader was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazila Sunday night. The deceased is Zahidul Islam, 38, president of Sonaray union

1,813 arrested in 131 cases in Dhaka since October 28

Shawdesh Desk: Police have arrested 1,813 leaders and activists from various opposition parties since BNP’s grand rally in the capital on October 28. The arrests were made in connection with

Nine vehicles torched across Bangladesh in 10 hours

Shawdesh Desk: A total of nine buses were torched in Dhaka and elsewhere in Bangladesh in 10 hours ending 6:00am on Sunday, according to Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.

Air in Dhaka fifth worst in the world as another blockade begins

Bangladesh capital Dhaka has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality this morning as another blockade called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and

BRTC bus set on fire in Dhaka’s Mirpur

Shawdesh desk; A BRTC double-decker bus was set on fire by unidentified miscreants in Dhaka’s Mirpur area on Sunday afternoon amid the countrywide 48-hour blockade enforced by BNP, Jamaat and

BNP calls hartal in Chattogram for Sunday

Shawdesh desk; The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday announced to enforce a dawm-to-dusk hartal for Sunday to protest against the arrest of BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury