Bangladesh

Rural bridge project sees little progress

Shawdesh Desk: Cost and time of a key project to construct important bridges on rural roads is set to rise by a large margin as the scheme has been limping

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Rohingya man killed as rival groups clash in Cox’s Bazar

Shawdesh Desk: A man was killed in a clash between two groups of Rohingyas at Tanjimarkhola Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila early hours of Tuesday. The deceased was identified as

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Giving Rohingyas birth certificates: Ex-Sunamganj panel mayor in jail

Shawdesh Desk: Sunamganj court on Monday sent former panel mayor Hossain Ahmed Rasel to jail rejecting his bail plea in a case involving giving fake birth certificates to two Rohingyas.

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Unfit vehicles in Bangladesh: the number without certificates soars to 4,81,029

Shawdesh Desk: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the number of vehicles without fitness certificates in Bangladesh is 4,81,029 as of December 2020. He came up

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28 UK returnees test positive for Covid-19 in Sylhet

Shawdesh Desk: Twenty eight Biman passengers returned from UK tested positive for Covid-19 and were taken to institutional isolation at a hospital in Sylhet on Monday night. A flight of

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5 cops hurt in attack during drive in Pirojpur, 7 held

Shawdesh Desk: Five policemen were injured in an attack by locals while they were returning to police station after arresting an accused in a theft case in Kumarkhali area of

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2 to die for killing man in Kishoreganj

Shawdesh Desk: A Kishoreganj court has sentenced two people, including a woman, to death for killing a man on December 21, 2014. Judge Mohammad Abdur Rahim of Additional District and

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2 killed as pick-up hits motorcycle in Dinajpur

Shawdesh desk: Two motorcyclists were killed after a pick-up van hit their vehicle in Hili area of Dinajpur on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 50, son

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