Bangladesh

Businesses targeted like One-Eleven!

Shawdesh Desk: The country’s business community is facing renewed challenges, marked by anxiety, fear, and uncertainty. Foreigners remain sceptical about safety in the country amid travel alerts stemming from the worsening

More than 500 tourists stranded in Sajek amid Rangamati ‘gunfight’

Shawdesh Desk: Tensions have escalated at Sajek in Rangamati amid ‘exchange of gunfire’ between two rival groups, forcing the authorities to impose travel restriction at the tourist location for Wednesday.

Murder case filed as protests on over killing of lawyer on Ctg court premises

Shawdesh Desk: Four days after lawyer Saiful Islam Alif had been hacked to death in Chattogram, a murder case was filed with the Kotwali police against 31 named and 10–15

Rohingya youth shot to death by unidentified killers in Teknaf

Unidentified men gunned down a Rohingya youth at a camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar, said police on Monday. The attack took place on Sunday night. The deceased

131MT rice imported to Bangladesh from India as duty lifted

Shawdesh Desk: Three trucks carrying 131 metric tonnes of rice entered Bangladesh from India through the Hili land port on Monday, following the government lifting import duties on rice recently.

Dhaka’s air quality turns ‘moderate’ with AQI score of 97

Shawdesh desk: Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the 35th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 97 at

RMG workers block Dhaka-M’sing highway demanding arrear

Shawdesh Desk: Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained suspended since Saturday morning as workers of a factory blocked the highway demanding payment of their dues in Gazipur district. The workers

19 UP members detained while holding ‘clandestine meeting’ at Cox’s Bazar hotel

Shawdesh Desk: Police have arrested 19 Awami League-backed union parishad members raiding a hotel during a ‘clandestine meeting’ in Cox’s Bazar district town on Friday night. Being tipped off that