Bangladesh

Police arrest 296 in Dhaka

Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 296 suspects and filed 46 cases during its routine anti-crime operations conducted across the capital over the past 24 hours. The coordinated drives resulted in the

Ctg–Cox’s Bazar rail services suspended as tracks go under floodwater

Train services on Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar route have been suspended after continuous rainfall and flash flood from surrounding hills submerged parts of the railway line. Bangladesh Railway’s director of public relations

Workers block Dhaka-Aricha Highway demanding higher wages

Workers of a factory blocked Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Manikganj on Wednesday, demanding implementation of government-declared wages and allowances. The workers took to the street at about 8:00am in front of

Maritime ports asked to keep cautionary signal number 3 hoisted

All maritime ports in Bangladesh have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three as squally weather may affect the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas. All fishing

Osmani Medical College Hospital interns go on indefinite strike over ‘assault’ on fellow

Interns at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital went on an indefinite strike early Wednesday after a clash among interns, students and relatives of a patient over an alleged assault

US ambassador meets commerce minister, discusses Sylhet development and investment

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen and members of his delegation met Commerce, Industries, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir at a breakfast meeting in Sylhet on Tuesday,

Port City submerged after 333mm of rainfall in 24 hours

The port city of Chattogram has been battered by heavy rainfall for the past three days, with 333.8 millimetres of rain recorded in the 24 hours until 9:00am on Tuesday,

Woman, minor son killed in Dinajpur road accident

A woman and her three-year-old son were killed while the child’s father was injured after a pickup van hit their motorcycle in Dinajpur’s Birganj upazila on early Tuesday. The deceased