Bangladesh

Attack on UNO’s house: 12 AL men get bail in Barishal

Shawdesh Desk: A Barishal court on Thursday granted bail to 12 Awami League leaders and activists in two cases filed over the attack on the residence of Sadar Upazila Nirbahi

Sirajganj-6 MP Hasibur Rahman Swapan passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Hasibur Rahman Swapan, an MP from Sirajganj-6, passed away at a hospital in Turkey on Thursday. He was 67. The MP was undergoing treatment in Turkey for his

Health guidelines being ignored widely

Shawdesh desk: Health guidelines, including wearing masks, are widely being ignored everywhere — from rural areas to urban ones — though the country’s coronavirus situation is yet to come under

Court accepts graft chargesheet against OC Pradeep, his wife

Shawdesh desk: A Chattogram Court has accepted the chargesheet, filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), against former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and his wife

Six Ansar Al Islam men get death in Xulhaz-Tonoy murder case

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court has sentenced six members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam to death in a case filed over the sensational murder of LGBT activist Xulhaz

Man kills wife, son in city over ‘extra marital affair’

Shawdesh Desk: A man killed his wife and one-and-a-half-year-old child over ‘extramarital affair’ in Jatrabari of the capital on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Ruma Akter (27), wife

Female ‘militant’ of Ansar al Islam held in city

Shawdesh Desk: Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested a female member of militant outfit Ansar al Islam from capital’s Badda area. The arrestee

Cox’s Bazar Airport set to get a spectacular maritime runway

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh is set to add another feather to its development journey with the formal groundbreaking inauguration of the runway extension work along the Sea at Cox’s Bazar Airport