Bangladesh

4 deaths confirmed after waterbus hit by bulkhead sinks in Buriganga

Shawdesh Desk: Rescuers recovered four bodies late Sunday night from the Buriganga River, where a waterbus carrying around 100 passengers sank after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead earlier in

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Nearly 30kg of gold seized at Dhaka airport, 3 arrested

Shawdesh Desk: A customs preventive team of Dhaka Customs House seized 29.67kg of gold worth Tk 33.4 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday evening and Monday morning. Custom

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Jamaat seeks police permission to hold rally in Chattogram on July 22

Shawdesh desk: The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday decided to register two new political parties -Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP). Ten parties, including Gono Adhikar Parishad,

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Female lawyer killed as bus hits motorbike on Hanif flyover

Shawdesh desk: A female lawyer was killed and another injured as a bus hit their motorcycle on Hanif flyover in Jatrabari area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday. The deceased

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Kurigram flood situation improves

Shawdesh desk: The overall flood situation in Kurigram has started to improve as water level in most rivers of the district is receding. Except the River Dudhkumar, all the rivers

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UN calls for early repatriation of Rohingyas by creating conducive environment

Shawdesh  Desk: The UN Human Rights Council has called for early repatriation of Rohingyas by creating conducive environment in Rakhine state of Myanmar. To this respect, a resolution on Rohingyawas

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Kurigram flood worsens as water levels in major rivers rising rapidly

Shawdesh Desk: The flood situation in Kurigram district deteriorated further as water levels in all the major rivers in the region are rising rapidly. Abdullah Al Mamun, executive engineer of

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Transformer installation work at Rampura substation suspended

Shawdesh desk: Power Grid Company of Bangladesh has suspended the installation of a new 240/132 kV, 450 MVA transformer at Dhaka’s Rampura Grid Substation. ‘As the work has been suspended,

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