Bangladesh

Fire at shoe godown in Old Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: A fire incident took place at a shoe godown in Shuritola area of Old Dhaka. The fire originated around 4:00pm today at the godown located on the 3rd

Father, son killed in Rajshahi road crash

Shawdesh Desk: A man and his son were killed when a truck hit a motorbike at Nimtala on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Saturday night. The deceased were

UP chairman candidate killed: EC postpones polls in Pabna

Shawdesh Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has postponed the election for the post of Chairman at Bharara Union Parishad (UP) of Pabna Sadar Upazila following the death of a chairman

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

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

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

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

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