Bangladesh

AL leader MA Latif placed on three-day remand in Chattogram

Shawdesh Desk: A Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court placed former lawmakers for Chattogram-11 and Awami League leader MA Latif on a three-day remand on Saturday. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Deb issued

River ports advised to hoist cautionary signal no 1

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Meteorological Department has advised the inland river ports of Barisal, Patuakhali, Noakhali, Cumilla, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar and Sylhet to hoist cautionary signal no1, as a low pressure

Landslide disrupts road communication with Khagrachari

Shawdesh Desk: A landslide in Alutila area of Khagrachari has severely disrupted road connectivity between Khagrachari and the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. The landslide occurred around 8:30am on Saturday near the Sapmara

Mother, two sons hacked dead in Panchagarh

Shawdesh Desk; Miscreants have hacked a woman and her two sons to death on Panchagarh’s Atwari upazila. The deceased were Taslima Akter, 35, wife of cloth trader Salim, her two

Dhaka WASA MD Taqsem’s contract cancelled

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority managing director Taqsem A Khan’s contract was cancelled on Thursday. Earlier, managing director’s staff officer Badrul Alam claimed that Taqsem submitted his

Anti-AL protesters beat Hasina’s supporters at Dhanmondi

Shawdesh Desk: Sheikh Hasina, 76, fled to neighbouring India by helicopter last week as student-led protests flooded Dhaka’s streets in a dramatic end to her iron-fisted rule of 15 years

Khulna-Benapole-Mongla commuter train service resumes

Shawdesh desk: After an 11-day hiatus, the Khulna-Benapole-Mongla commuter train service resumed operation on Wednesday morning. The commuter train, also known as Betna Express, departed Khuna station around 6:15am and

Ahsan H Mansur to be BB governor

Shawdesh Desk; The government on Tuesday decided to appoint Ahsan H Mansur as the new governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB). He will succeed Abdur Rouf Talukder, according to banking division sources.