Bangladesh

Restaurant owner held over death of workers in Chawkbazar fire

Shawdesh Desk: Police detained the owner of Barishal Hotel and Restaurant, located in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area where a fire broke out on Monday that killed six workers of the

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DNCC mayor says BRT project responsible for Girder collapse tragedy

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said that the Bus Rapid Transit Line 3 project authorities were responsible for the fatal accident which killed

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Five dead as Dhaka BRT project girder falls on car

Shawdesh Desk: A total of five people were killed and two others injured as a girder of the Bus Rapid Transit Line 3 project collapsed on a private car at

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Six killed in Chawkbazar plastic factory fire

Shawdesh Desk: At least six people were killed in a fire that broke out at a plastic factory at Kamalbag of Chawkbazar area in Dhaka on Monday. Identity of the

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Dhaka’s air quality turns ‘good’

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 45, Dhaka’s air quality turned ‘good’ Sunday morning. The metropolis ranked 52nd at 9 am in the list of world cities with

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8 of 2 families found unconscious in Sylhet

Shawdesh Desk: Eight members of two families have been found unconscious at their respective house in Sadar upazila of Sylhet, said police. Two members of a family found them unconscious

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Teacher who married college student found dead in Natore

Shawdesh Desk: The body of college teacher Khairun Nahar, who married a college student in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore, has been recovered. Police recovered the body of 40-year old assistant

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DMCH interns go on strike

Shawdesh Desk: Interns at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) have decided to abstain from work for an indefinite period in protest against the failure of the police to arrest

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