Bangladesh

Country’s lowest temperature recorded 7.3˚C in Sreemangal

Shawdesh Desk: Country’s lowest temperature of 7.3 degrees Celsius was recorded in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila on Sunday (December 20). In its regular forecast, the Met Office said the weather may

13.8 degrees Celsius temperature recorded in capital

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka recorded its lowest temperature 13.8 degrees Celsius for this season on Sunday. The temperature may remain unchanged in the capital. A mild to moderate cold wave is

‘Drug peddler’ held with 40,000 Yaba pills in city

Shawdesh desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 40,000 pieces of Yaba pills which he was carrying in a cattle-laden truck in capital’s Darussalam area

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