Bangladesh

Industrial wastes continue to pollute Halda

Shawdesh Desk: Industrial wastes continue to pollute the river Halda, the country’s lone breeding ground for natural carp fishes. Halda researcher, upazila administration, and locals demanded comprehensive measures to stop

Dengue claims three more lives in Khulna, Faridpur, Mymensingh

Shawdesh Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will pass its order on Tuesday on state plea against High Court order that imposed status quo on publishing gazette notification

Akhaura land port remains halted

Shawdesh Desk: Export through Akhaura land port remained halted since Saturday morning as Agartala land port officials were unable to handle the Electronic Data Interchange installed by Indian Customs Authority.

Stay alert to prevent dengue: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Terming the dengue outbreak a big problem, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the people of the country to remain aware about the mosquito-borne disease and keep

FR tower owner Faruque held for design forgery

Shawdesh Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday arrested SMHI Faruque, one of the owners of FR Tower at Banani in the city, in a case filed over the forgery in

Four ‘extremists’ held in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Members of Rapid Action Battalion 3 arrested four suspected members of a religious extremist outfit named ‘Allahar Dal@Allahr Sarkar’ from Hatirjheel area in Dhaka on early Monday. The arrested are

Tannery rawhide procurement begins

Shawdesh Desk: Tannery owners have started rawhide procurement as per the government instruction and it will continue for the next two months. General Secretary of the Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA)

Material belongings of thousands of families burnt to ashes

Shawdesh Desk: All the material belongings of over 10,000 families who live at Chalantika Mor Slum, Mirpur in the capital was burned to ashes on Friday night by a devastating