Bangladesh

Mother, son die after drinking milk in C’nawabganj

Shawdesh desk: A woman and her son died after drinking cow milk at Hadinagar Chamatola village under Shyampur union of Shibganj upazila of the district. Another woman was also hospitalized

Police arrest 12 Jamaat leaders in Chattogram

Shawdesh Desk: Twelve top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Chattogram city unit were arrested during a drive at a building in Sugandha Residential Area in the port city on Thursday night. Among

Two killed in Chuadanga, Ctg ‘gunfights’

A suspected drug peddler and robber died in separate ‘gunfights’ with members of law enforcement agencies in Chuadanga and Chattogram on early Friday. In Chuadanga, a suspected drug peddler was

Police thrashed for sexual harassment

Shawdesh Desk: A police constable was beaten up by local people allegedly for sexually harassing a woman in Rajshahi town’s Lakshmipur area on Thursday night. Quoting witnesses, sub-inspector of Rajpara

HC orders fresh probe as CID drops Narayanganj OC Kamrul

Shawdesh Desk: Annoyed over omitting the name of Narayanganj Sadar police station officer-in-charge Kamrul Islam from the charge sheet, the High Court Division on Thursday directed the Criminal Investigation Department

532 people disappeared since 2009

Shawdesh Desk: Incidence of enforced disappearance continued in across Bangladesh and the rights groups recorded at least 532 cases reported between January 2009 and July 2019. While families of the

HC grants bail to Ayesha

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Thursday granted bail to Ayesha Siddiqua Minni who was detained over her alleged connection to the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif. An HC

Dengue continues taking toll on life despite efforts

Shawdesh Desk: Dengue continue killing and hospitalising more people every day as measures taken by the government to control aedes mosquitoes, the vector of the viral fever, went ineffective. On