Bangladesh

Cotton factory catches fire in Gazipur

Shawdesh Desk: A fire broke out at a cotton factory in Salna area of Gazipur, according to media report. There has been no report of casualties yet. Being informed, four

City commuters suffer for lack of transport

Shawdesh desk: Dhaka city dwellers have been suffering since Wednesday morning for shortage of public transport as a section of transport owners and workers has started an unannounced strike in

Police raid ‘weapons factory’ in Chattogram; arrest robber gang leader

Shawdesh Desk: Four policemen were injured in a ‘gunfight’ with robbers when the law enforcers raided a weapons factory in the remote hills of Raozan upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday

Millers to sell salt at Tk 15 per kg

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Labon Mill Malik Samity (Salt mill owners association) has taken decision to sell salt at the rate of Tk 15 per Kg. The association of private salt

Man crushed to death under train wheel in Jamalpur

Shawdesh desk: An unidentified man believed to be 30 years old was crushed to death under the wheel of a speedy train in the district last night. Police could not

Rifat killing case: Charge framing deferred to December 8

Shawdesh Desk: The charge sheet against 14 accused in the much-talked-about Barguna youth Rifat Sharif killing case has been deferred to December 8. Barguna Women and Children Repression Tribunal

Truck kills mother, daughter in Naogaon; locals block highway

Shawdesh Desk: Angry local people halted vehicular movement on Naogaon-Rajshahi regional highway in Naogaon after a truck hit four people, leaving two of them dead and two others injured. The

No buses on Khulna routes as workers go on strike for change to new law

Shawdesh Desk: No passenger buses left Khulna district since Monday morning as the transport workers started enforcing an indefinite strike demanding reformation of the newly enacted Road Transportation Act 2018.