Bangladesh

Baitul Mukarram jewellery market catches fire

Shawdesh Desk: After Bangabazar and New Market in the capital being gutted, Baitul Mukarram jewellery shops were exposed to fire on Monday. The fire incident was reported at jewellery shops

Bangladesh Railway suspends four employees over Cumilla train accident

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Railway has suspended four of its employees over Sunday’s collision between Sonar Bangla Express train and a freight train that left 35 people injured. They are Abdul

Many river routes abandoned due to lack of sufficient dredging

Shawdesh desk: Although there are 41 recognised river routes between Dhaka and the south coast, at present there are commercial launches operating from Sadarghat terminal of Dhaka river port on

Metro rail to run on Eid day

Shawdesh Desk: The metro rail will run for four hours in the afternoon on the Eid-ul-Fitr day, said officials of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited on Monday. On the

Fire breaks out at Dhaka’s New Supermarket

Shawdesh desk: A fire broke out at Dhaka’s New Supermarket — next to New Market — on early Saturday. A total of 28 firefighting units and teams of Bangladesh Army,

Man held with gold worth 29.22 lakh in Satkhira

Shawdesh Desk: Customs officials arrested a man along with 3 gold bars weighing 30 bhories from Bhomra border in Satkhira Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad

Five killed in Chattogram road accident

Shawdesh Desk: At least five people were killed in a road accident at Boalkhali upazila in Chattogram on Thursday. The accident occurred as a bus and a CNG run auto-rickshaw

People using savings for survival

Shawdesh Desk: People have been withdrawing their savings to cope with the rising living costs caused by the growing inflation in the country. According to Bangladesh Bank data, savings deposits