Bangladesh

COP26: 190 nations and organisations pledge to quit coal

Shawdesh Desk: Major coal users including Poland, Vietnam and Chile are committing to shift away from the fossil fuel, in pledges made at the COP26 climate summit, the UK government

Son gets death, 2, including mother, life term for killing neighbour in Narail

Shawdesh desk: A Narail court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death and 2 others, including his mother, to life term imprisonment in a case filed for killing a neighbour

Road crashes kill 4 in Cumilla

Shawdesh Desk: Four people were killed and another injured in separate road accidents in Cumilla on Tuesday. Three people, including a couple, were killed when a bus hit an auto-rickshaw in

Voting to Sirajganj-6 by-polls, 9 municipalities held (Updated)

Shawdesh Desk: Voting to Sirajganj-6 by-polls and 9 municipalities across the country were held on Tuesday. The voting began at 8.00 am today and continued till 4.00pm without any break.

2 killed as bus overturns in Gazipur

Shawdesh Desk: Two people including a student were killed when a bus overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Membarbari in Gazipur city on Monday. One of the deceased was identified as

Boat sinks in Buriganga, 2 bodies recovered, 2 missing

Shawdesh desk: A passenger boat sank in Dhaka’s Buriganga after being hit by a cargo ship. The bodies of a woman and a child have been recovered in the incident

24 people sued over clashes at Chittagong Medical College

Shawdesh desk: A case has been filed against 24 people in connection with the clashes between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Chittagong Medical College (CMC) campus. A

Bogura-Sirajganj dual gauge new railway route on card

Shawdesh Desk: The West Zone of Bangladesh railway will construct Bogura-Sirajganj direct rail track aimed at easing communication between the two districts, a railway official here said. The zone headquartered