Bangladesh

Regent Group chairman Shahed gets three-year jail in graft case

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed to three years’ imprisonment in a case filed for acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 1.69 crore. Prodip Kumar

Teesta erosion takes serious turn in Kurigram

Shawdesh Desk; Erosion by the River Teesta has taken a serious turn in Kurigram district with the recession of floodwater, displacing many families and devouring vast tracts of cropland. The

Biman staff held with 68 gold bars at Dhaka airport

Shawdesh desk; Armed Police Battalion on Monday said that they had detained an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines along with 68 gold bars weighting around eight kilogrammes at Hazrat Shahjalal

BSCIC official found dead on BSCIC’s Meherpur office premises

Shawdesh desk; The body of an official of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation was recovered from the premises of the corporation’s local office in Meherpur Sadar upazila on Sunday

Transport worker killed in Dhaka road accident

Shawdesh Desk: A transport worker died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on early Sunday after being hit by a bus in front of Saydabad bus-stand in Dhaka

DB arrests BNP’s Dhaka south unit leader Robin

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Dhaka south city unit acting member secretary Tanveer Ahmed Robin was arrested by plainclothes police at nightingale crossing in the capital on early Sunday. BNP

Man crushed under train in Nilphamari

Shawdesh Desk: A man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Sarkarpara area on Chilahati-Saidpur railways of the district town on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Prokash

Public hospitals lack dengue testing kit

Shawdesh Desk: Many government hospitals in different districts across the country were facing a dengue testing kit shortage as the Directorate General of Health Services couldn’t ensure timely kit supply