Bangladesh

Dhaka suffers severe traffic gridlock as offices start following new work hours

Shawdesh DEsk: Commuters, particularly officegoers, had a harrowing time on the city’s roads on Wednesday, the very first day of the new office schedule, as they remained stuck in traffic

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Tea workers’ movement for wage hike still on

Shawdesh Desk: The agitating workers of tea gardens in Habiganj and Moulvibazar have refused to join their work as their demands, including a wage hike, have not been met yet.

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Khulna fuel traders, tank-lorry owners go on strike

Shawdesh desk: Fuel traders and tank-lorry owners went on a 12-hour strike on Monday morning in 15 districts of Khulna division to press home their three-point demand, including hike in

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3 killed in Barishal road accident

Shawdesh desk: Three people were killed and several injured as a bus hit a trolley on Dhaka-Kuakata highway in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as

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Flood death toll rises to 141

Shawdesh Desk; The death toll from this season’s floods in the country rose to 141 with another death from drowning in Sylhet in 24 hours till Monday morning. The total

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Malta garden in Dagonbhuiyan shows way to agro-entrepreneurship, self-reliance

Shawdesh Desk: Nurul Haider Kochi, young entrepreneur at Dagonbhuiyan in Feni, dreamed about a better future. Malta garden granted him the ways to implementing the dream and becoming successful entrepreneur.

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Cox’s Bazar trawler capsize: 3 more bodies retrieved

Shawdesh Desk: A team of  Coast Guard on Sunday fished out the bodies of three more fishermen from the Bay of Bengal two days after a fishing trawler carrying 19

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250 fishermen go missing as 16 trawlers sink in Bay, 150 rescued in Patuakhali

Shawdesh Desk: Over 250 fishermen of Patuakhali remained missing as 16 fishing trawlers capsized in the Bay of Bengal amid inclement weather on Friday, said Naval police on Sunday. About

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