Bangladesh

‘Mentally-ill’ mother throws son to death from building in N’ganj

Shawdesh Desk: A minor boy died as her ‘mentally’ imbalanced mother threw him from a four-storey building in the city’s Fatulla area on Monday night. Locals said Roksana Akhter threw

‘Shooter’ Liton held with foreign arms in city

Shawdesh desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested notorious terrorist Liton and his associate along with two foreign pistols and 25 rounds of bullets in a special operation in the capital

Govt confirms 98 dengue-related deaths

Shawdesh Desk: The government on Wednesday confirmed that 98 people died from dengue since January. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has reviewed 158 cases out of 246

Four awarded death sentence for murdering farmer in Kushtia

Shawdesh desk: A Kushtia court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to four people for the murder of a farmer in 2017. District and Sessions Judge Arup Kumar Goswami passed the

Bangladesh ranks 88th on hunger index, above India, Pakistan

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has been ranked 88th out of 117 qualifying countries on the latest Global Hunger Index. India ranks 102 in terms of severity of hunger. The country with

Ferry service on Shimulia-Kathalbari route suspended for indefinite period

Shawdesh Desk: Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route were suspended for indefinite period due to poor navigability from Tuesday afternoon. The route is on the Padma River in Lauhajang upazila

Take greater care on the roads, PM urges all

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call for people and motorists to exercise greater care in the use of the roads, to reduce unnecessary crashes that claim

Medical admission test results published

Shawdesh Desk: The results of admission test of MBBS first year under the session of 2019-20 have been published. The detailed results were declared at the conference room of the Directorate General