Bangladesh

Lightning kills 2 in Sunamganj Haor

Shawdesh Desk: Two farmers were killed by lightning strike while working in a Haor at Dhitpur village in Dirai upazila Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Rabindra Das, 55

Natore’s Sumaiya tops BJSC exam

Shawdesh Desk: Sumaiya Nasrin Sama, a meritorious girl from Natore, has secured the first position in the 14th Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) examination. On April 21, BJSC recommended 102

RMG workers block roads at Mirpur in city demanding wages, Eid bonus

Shawdesh Desk: Garments workers blocked several roads in Mirpur in the capital Dhaka on Saturday demanding salary arrears, overtime wages and bonus for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Garments workers of Cotton

Flashfloods: 9,400 hectares of cropland submerged

Shawdesh Desk: Flashfloods caused by hilly surge from the upstream rivers have submerged over crops on 9,400 hector of land in the haor areas so far, officials said. Several districts

3 of a family burnt in refrigerator compressor blast in Jatrabari

Shawdesh desk: Three members of a family, including a child, were burnt when compressor of a refrigerator exploded at a house in the capital’s Jatrabari Konapara area on Thursday morning.

Rains drench Dhaka, bring rush-hour snarls

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka woke up to a rainy morning on Wednesday, but two hours of showers in large parts of the city brought back the obvious miseries — waterlogged roads

Haphazard car parking intensifies city traffic jam

Shawdesh Desk: Indiscriminate parking of private cars and other vehicles is causing severe traffic jams in the Jatiya Press Club area and other places of the capital, which intensifies sufferings

Dhaka-Tongi Railway Expansion Project: Cost, duration to go up further

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Railway (BR) is yet to start the construction of a 12-kilometre rail track under the 25-kilometre Dhaka-Tongi 3rd and 4th dual gauge line extension project though 10