Bangladesh

Over 1,400 tonnes of illegally imported alcohol seized at Ctg port

Shawdesh Desk: Chattogram Customs House today seized 1,407 tonnes of illegally imported alcohol from a ship in the port area. Bipasha C&F agent, which was responsible for unloading the boxes

Dengue cases keep rising

Shawdesh Desk: Infected with dengue haemorrhagic fever, Abdur Razzak was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday. As his platelet count was significantly low, doctors recommended an immediate platelet

Workers withdraw strike for passengers vessels, continue for cargos

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Naujan Sramik Federation withdrew the work abstention for passenger vessels across the country on Wednesday afternoon but continued the strike for cargo vessels to press home their

Suspected ‘drug peddlers’ killed in Teknaf ‘gun battle’

Shawdesh Desk: Two suspected drug peddlers, including a Rohingya man, were killed in a reported gunfight with members of the Border Guard Bangladesh in Teknaf upazila on early Wednesday. The

One arrested over Badda woman lynching

Shawdesh Desk: A suspect, involved in the lynching of a woman in the capital’s Badda area, was arrested at Narayanganj’s Bhulta on Tuesday night. Police identified the arrested as Hridoy,

Two ‘bombs’ neutralised in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: The police said that their bomb disposal unit had neutralised two bombs they recovered from Paltan and Khamarbari areas in the capital early Wednesday. Maruf Hossain, deputy commissioner

Bandarban AL leader hacked dead

Shawdesh Desk: A local leader of ruling Awami League was hacked to death by miscreants at Hasnapara of Lama upazila in Bandarban on Tuesday night. The deceased was Alamgir Shikdar,

DSCC mayor invites rickshaw-pullers for tea at Nagar Bhaban

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon has invited the rickshaw-pullers, who are demanding withdrawl of the ban on plying vehicles on city roads, for tea at Nagar Bhaban