Bangladesh

90 charged with attack on Santal village in Gaibandha

Shawdesh Desk: Police Bureau of Investigation on Sunday submitted a charge sheet against 90 people for killing three Santal people, looting their valuables and unleashing torture on them at their

Five suspected ‘extremists’ held in Dhaka

A special team of Anti-Terrorism Unit arrested five members of a family at Rupnagar in Mirpur following an exchange of gunfire early Saturday for their suspected involvement in extremism. Three

Health crisis looms in flood-hit areas

Shawdesh Desk: A public health crisis is looming in the flood affected areas where marooned villagers are left with no choice but to drink mostly floodwaters that engulfed a third

HC asks govt to explain high dengue test fees

Shawdesh desk: The High Court Division on Thursday gave Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation four more days until July 30 to eradicate aedes mosquitos from the

Apparel worker lynched on theft allegation

Shawdesh Desk: Apparel factory worker Delwar Hossain Sayeed, 25 was beaten to death by owners’ goons on Thursday alleging that the victim had stolen fabrics from the factory at Hazipara

Around a million people marooned in Kurigram flood

Shawdesh desk: Nearly a million people have remained stranded, facing acute shortage of food, drinking water and fodder as the flood situation worsened. Heavy downpour in the upstream regions adjacent

Two killed in City gunfight

Shawdesh desk: Two people, including a suspected drug peddler, were killed in reported gunfights with the Rapid Action Battalion in Badda and Mirpur in Dhaka on early Thursday. Senior assistant

AL MPs asked to carry out campaign against rumours

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League lawmakers have been asked to go to their respective constituencies and carry out campaign against the spread of rumours and mass beating, Road Transport and Bridges