Bangladesh

BPDB set to retire about 4000 MW power by 2025: Official document

Shawdesh desk; The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has lined up a total of 51 power plants, having total generation capacity of about 3990 MW, for retirement by 2025. According

Dinajpur road crash leaves 2 dead

Shawdesh Desk: Two members of a family were in killed as their motorcycle crashed into a stationary truck at Kaugaon on Phulbari road of Dinajpur Sunday morning. The deceased was

Launch capsizes in Shitalakkhya after colliding with cargo vessel

Shawdesh desk: A launch carrying around 30 passengers sank in the River Shitalakkhya as a cargo vessel hit it near Al Aminnagar in Narayanganj on Sunday afternoon. The Munshiganj-bound launch

200 boats to welcome PM in Patuakhali

Shawdesh desk: A total of 200 boats were painted and decorated with alpana to welcome prime minister Sheikh Hasina at coastal Kalapara upazila in Patuakhali. The prime minister is scheduled

Novoair may resume flights to Kolkata from March 27

Shawdesh Desk: Novoair, a private carrier in Bangladesh, plans to resume daily passenger flight operations on the Dhaka-Kolkata route from March 27. From Dhaka, the flights would depart at 5.20pm

Begging continues unabated in capital

Shawdesh Desk: Young Abu Taleb (pseudonym) was seeking alms from inmates of private cars and rickshaws at Kakrail intersection of the capital. He was found quite healthy though a little

Hadisur laid to rest in Barguna

Shawdesh Desk: Md Hadisur Rahman, who was killed on March 3 in a rocket attack on a Bangladeshi vessel stranded at a Ukrainian port, was laid to eternal rest in

2 fake DGFI men held in Faridpur

Shawdesh desk: A devastating fire incident has happened in a foam storage at Kadirganj Darikharbona area in the city on Tuesday creatingpanic among the surrounding people. Being informed, eight fire