Bangladesh

Drug trader killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Shawdesh desk: A suspected drug dealer was killed in a reported gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday night. The

Newly elected mayor’s wife, son among 3 killed in Faridpur road crash

Shawdesh desk: Three people, including the wife and son of newly elected mayor of Faridpur’s Nagarkanda municipality, were killed and seven people, including the mayor, were seriously injured, in a

Dhaka no longer world’s most polluted city

Shawdesh Desk; Here’s some good news. Dhaka is no longer the world’s most polluted city. That’s Lahore now. On Wednesday, Dhaka occupied the seventh position in the list of world

18 rocket shells recovered from Habiganj’s Satchhari forest

Shawdesh Desk: Eighteen rocket shells were recovered from Satchhari forest area of Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj on Wednesday. Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered the shells during a drive

4 to die for killing woman in Chattogram

Shawdes Desk: A court in Chattogram on Wednesday sentenced four men to death for killing a woman in the port city in 2016. Chattogram’s Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shariful

Gold prices fall by Tk 1,516 per bhori

Shawdesh Desk: Gold prices dropped by Tk 1,516 to Tk 72,667 a bhori (11.664 grams) in the local market on Wednesday. Bangladesh Jewellers Samity (BAJUS) took this decision to balance

More workforce needed to finish Padma Bridge timely

Shawdesh desk: Finishing the Padma Bridge construction in time will require working round the clock in more than one shifts and in line with a time-bound action plan, suggests the

Owners’ association suspends bus services in Rajshahi, people face sufferings

Shawdesh desk: Transport owners’ association of Rajshahi suspended inter-district bus services from Rajshahi to other routes abruptly from Monday, leaving general passengers in untold sufferings. Bus owners defended the decision