Bangladesh

5 to die for killing Khulna schoolteacher

Shawdesh Desk: A Khulna Speedy Trial Tribunal on Sunday sentenced five persons to death for killing a schoolteacher in 2018. Judge Md Nazrul Islam Khan, Speedy Trial Tribunal of Khulna,

CCC elections: JP candidate quits mayoral race

Shawdesh Desk: Jatiya Party contestant Solaiman Alam Sheth on Sunday withdrew from the mayoral race of the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections scheduled for March 29. Solaiman informed journalists about

Dhaka’s air ‘hazardous’

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) and it was classified as hazardous on Sunday morning. It imposes a health warning of emergency

Mother attempts suicide after ‘killing’ two daughters at Dakshin Goran

Shawdesh dEsK: Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of two girls and rescued their mother with severe burn injuries from a house in Dakshin Goran area in the capital’s Uttara on

Bridal boats capsize in Padma: Death toll climbs to 3

Shawdesh Desk: Police and BGB members on Saturday recovered bodies of two people who went missing after two boats capsized in the Padma River on Friday, raising the death toll

Two BCL activists arrested over extortion in Magura

Shawdesh Desk: Police arrested two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League for their alleged involvement in kidnapping and extortion in Magura Sadar upazila on Friday night. The arrestees are—Sazzad Hossain Sacchu,

Deputy secretary found dead inside house at Bailey Road

Shawdesh Desk; Police recovered the decomposed body of a deputy secretary from his house in the capital’s Bailey Road area on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Kader

BAPEX finds new gas field in Brahmanbaria

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited has announced the discovery of a new gas field in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, a day after finding another gas reserve