Bangladesh

Rohingya man commits suicide after poisoning 3 children in Cox’s Bazar

Shawdesh Desk: A Rohingya man allegedly committed suicide after poisoning his three minor children, one of whom later died, in Jalia Para area of Shahpari Island under Teknaf upazila of

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Dengue,35 new patients hospitalised

Shawdesh Desk: Thirty-five new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Saturday morning, health authorities said. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 101 as

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Dhaka ranks fourth worst in air quality index

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka’s air quality continues to be ‘unhealthy’. The densely populated capital of Bangladesh has, in fact, been ranked fourth-most polluted in the latest list of world cities with

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Dhaka urges international community to scale up sharing Rohingya burden

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has urged the international community and the relevant UN agencies to scale up their efforts to share the international burden and responsibility given the protracted nature of

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RAB cordons off house in city, arrests 5 for anti-state activities

Shawdesh Desk: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have cordoned off a residence in Mitali school lane area of Swamibagh in the capital and arrested five persons in connection with

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9 get death, 22 life term for killing Rajshahi BCL leader

Shawdesh Desk: A Rajshahi court on Thursday sentenced nine people to death and 22 others to life term imprisonment for killing a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in 2013.

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3 siblings among 4 crushed under train in Nilphamari

Shawdesh desk: Four people, including three of a family, were crushed to death under the wheels of a train in Baubazar Kundopukur Rail Station area of Nilphamari on Wednesday morning. The

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2 Bangladeshi-origin women elected as councillors in Australia

Shawdesh Desk: Two Bangladesh-origin women have been elected as councillors in Australia for the first time. Sabrin Farooqui won from the Labor Party while Sajeda Akter Sanjida from Liberal Party.

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