Bangladesh

May Day mad rush at Paturia ghat

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands of home-bound commuters have thronged the Paturia ferry terminal since the early hours of Sunday in their desperate bid to cross the Padma river ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Gridlock at Paturia ghat ahead of Eid

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of vehicles waiting to cross the Padma river remain stranded at the Paturia ferry ghat, triggering a 3km tailback in the area. These vehicles, mostly buses, microbuses

Over 500 vehicles stranded at Narsinghpur ferry ghat

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of vehicles were seen stranded at Narsinghpur ferry ghat on Saturday morning, as the mad rush of home-bound commuters increased manifold on the Shariatpur-Chandpur route ahead of

RMG workers block roads at Uttara for Eid bonus

Shawdesh Desk: Workers of two RMG factories blocked both sides of road in front of RAB-1 office in city’s Uttara area demanding arrears and Eid bonus on Monday. Around 1,200

Cumilla city election on June 15

Shawdesh Desk: The election to Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) will be held on June 15 using electronic voting machines (EVMs) at all polling stations. The election schedule was finalised in

Sylhet mayor takes law into own hand?

Shawdesh Desk: Sylhet City Corporation mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury allegedly took law into own hand by beating a van puller for violating traffic rules. The incident took place at Zindabazar-Chowhatta

Huge crowd on first day sale of advance train tickets in capital

Shawdesh desk: Sale of advance train tickets has begun in the capital marking the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Aspirant travellers started to receive tickets from 8:00am today. The authorities of Bangladesh Railway

Eid shopping gains momentum

Shawdesh Desk: Rain couldn’t stop Eid shoppers from checking in the malls and markets in the capital to buy their desired products on Friday, the weekly holiday. Customers crowded Bashundhara