Bangladesh

Man held with 38 gold bars at Sylhet Airport

Shawdesh Desk: Customs Intelligence arrested a man with 38 gold bars, weighing 6kg, from Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport on Monday morning. The arrestee is identified as Porendra Das, 38,

3 school students killed in Tangail road crash

Shawdesh Desk: Three school students were killed after their motorcycle hit a road side tree at Dhalapara in Ghatail upazila of Tangail on Monday morning. The deceased are identified as

Tigress found dead in Sundarbans

Shawdesh desk: A female Royal Bengal Tiger was found dead adjacent to the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Satkhira on Saturday evening. Assistant Conservator MA Hasan of Sundarban’s West Zone’s Satkhira

Arms factory busted in Ukhia: 3 Rohingyas held

Shawdesh DEsk: Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have busted a firearms-making factory and arrested three firearms makers in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The detainess are identified as Baitullah, 19,

Protests over plot on life of Bashundhara MD enters into 3rd day

Shawdesh Desk: Countrywide protest over plot to assassinate Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir stepped into the third day. People from different strata of the society joined the human

BRT project progressing fast to meet deadline

Shawdesh DEsk: The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project for constructing 20km dedicated bus route from Gazipur to airport to ease nagging traffic congestion in the capital is now back on

No let-up in dengue cases in Bangladesh; 138 more hospitalised

Shawdesh dEsk: Bangladesh reported 138 new patients being hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hours until Saturday morning. With no fresh death during the period, the number of fatalities from

Launch services suspended: Thousands left stranded in Barishal

Shawdesh desk: Thousands of passengers were left stranded as launch services on all routes were suspended from Barishal, in protest against the diesel price hike. Many disgruntled passengers were seen