Bangladesh

Probe body formed over writer Mushtaq’s death

Shawdesh Desk: A probe body has been formed over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in Kashimpur High Security Prison. Gazipur district authorities formed the two-member committed on Friday. Confirming

4 killed in road accidents in Khulna, Satkhira

Shawdesh Desk; At least four persons have been killed in two separate road accidents in Khulna and Satkhira in the past 24 hours, police said Saturday. In Satkhira, two brick

Fire guts food factory in Feni

Shawdesh Desk: A massive fire broke out at a leading food manufacturing factory at Pachgachiya Kashimpur in Sadar upazila of Feni around midnight on Wednesday. Fortunately, no casualties have been

Woman found dead in Mohammadpur

Shawdesh Desk: Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a road in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Thursday morning. The identity of the woman, aged around 30, could not

New aircraft ‘Akash Tori’ joins Biman fleet

Shawdesh Desk: A new aircraft, Dash-8, has joined the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Wednesday evening. The aircraft landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital around 5:45pm and

UP member shot dead in Rangamati

Shawdesh Desk: A union parishad member was gunned down by unidentified miscreants at the office of Upazila Nirbahi Officer in Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati on Wednesday noon. The deceased was

US Secretary of State Blinken phones Foreign Minister Momen

Shawdesh Desk: US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Momen discussed ways to

3 Rohingya robbers killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Shawdesh Desk: Three Rohingya robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) near a Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night. The