Bangladesh

Dhaka becomes 2nd most polluted city with AQI score of 158

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka has ranked 2nd on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 158 at 9:05am on Thursday morning. Thursday’s air

New Ctg-China direct shipping route launched

Shawdesh Desk: A vessel carrying 935 Twenty Equivalent Unit (TEU) containers arrived at Chattogram Port directly from China under a new shipping service, ushering in hope for expediting the much-anticipated

Metro rail services partially closed due to technical glitch

Shawdesh Desk; The metro rail services on the Agargaon-Motijheel section remained suspended since 9:40am on Wednesday due to the ‘technical glitch’ of the track. Officials of Dhaka Mass Transit Company

Shahriar Kabir arrested in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk; Former president of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, Shahriar Kabir, was arrested in Dhaka’s Banani area on Monday night. Dhaka Metropalitan Police Ramna Division deputy commissioner Sarwar

Low-lying areas of Ctg, Feni, likely to be inundated: FFWC

Shawdesh des: In view of the possibility of heavy rainfall Bangladesh and upstream, the rivers in Chattogram division may swell rapidly in the next three days and submerge some low-lying

RMG factory warehouse set on fire in Gazipur

Shawdesh Desk; An unidentified group of people set fire to a warehouse of a readymade garment (RMG) factory in the Bhabanipur area of Gazipur in Bangladesh on Wednesday afternoon. The

Two Rohingyas shot to death at Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk; Two Rohingyas were killed in separate shooting incidents at the Rohingya camps in Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar on early Wednesday. The victims have been identified as Imam Hossain,

UNOPS to assist Bangladesh on water crisis in Ctg hill tracts

Shawdesh desk: Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor to the environment ministry and the water resources ministry, announced on Tuesday that the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) will work on addressing