Bangladesh

8 ‘Allahr Dal’ men held in Khulna

Shawdesh DEsk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested eight members of banned militant outfit “Allahr Dal” from Khulna city on Sunday. The identities of the arrestees could not be learnt yet.

12 killed in Joypurhat train-bus collision

Shawdesh Desk: Twelve bus passengers were killed and three others injured as a bus collided with a train in Purana Poil area of the Joypurhat district town on Saturday morning. The

Cold wave sweeping over country

Shawdesh dEsk: A mild cold wave is sweeping over the country, disrupting normal life and causing suffering to people mostly in the north-western districts. The cold wave, mild to moderate,

Child murders on the rise amid pandemic

Shawdesh desk: Incidents of child murder have seen a rise in the country for various reasons, including enmity, family feud and pandemic-induced frustration and depression. The country witnessed 580 child

Meghna boat capsize: 2 more bodies recovered, death toll now 9

Shawdesh desk: The bodies of two children who went missing after a boat full of wedding guests capsized in the Meghna river in Hatia upazila of Noakhali were recovered on

2-day Jor Ijtema to begin at Tongi on Friday

Shawdesh Desk: A two-day Jor (preparatory) Ijtema, a congregation of Muslims, will begin on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi of Gazipur after Fajar prayers on Friday. Under

3 killed as truck rams auto-rickshaw in Kishoreganj

Shawdesh Desk: Three people were killed and two others injured after a truck rammed an auto-rickshaw in Kalikaprosad Nayahati area in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj on Thursday noon. The identities

Man who raised Bangladeshi flag first in Patuakhali passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Freedom fighter Altaf Haider, who hoisted Bangladesh’s flag for the first time in Patuakhali district town on December 8, 1971, passed away on Tuesday night due to old