Rajshahi Division

Rajshahi University admission test from June 14

Shawdesh Desk: A three-day admission test for the first year honours classes in 2020-2021 academic session of Rajshahi University (RU) will start from June 14. The decision was taken in

Bus-truck collision kills 5 in Sirajganj

Shawdesh Desk: Five people were killed and 23 others injured in a collision between a truck and a passenger bus in Kamarkhand area of Sirajganj on early Tuesday. One of the

Cop killed in Natore road crash

Shawdesh Desk: A sub-inspector of police was killed after being hit by a bus in front of Baraharishpur crematorium gate in Harishpur area of Natore on Monday morning. The deceased

15 hurt as cops charge baton during hartal in Companiganj

Shawdesh Desk: At least 15 supporters of Basurhat Municipality mayor Abdul Quader Mirza were injured as police charged baton on a procession in Noakhali’s Companyganj on Saturday. Quader Mirza, the

The Brahmanbaria man weighing 300kg dies

Shawdesh desk: The fattest man, 40-year-old Makhon Mia, died of abnormal weight at a hospital in Brahmanbaria on Monday night. The deceased, who weighed 300 kilograms, son of Milon Mia,

Father, daughter killed as truck ploughs into Pabna house

Shawdesh Desk: A father and his daughter were crushed to death when a truck laden with cement ploughed into their house in Sathia upazila of Pabna on Friday night, police

2 workers die in Bogura lift accident

Shawdesh desk: Two workers died after lift of a 6-storey poultry farm collapsed in Sajapur area of Bogra’s Shajahanpur upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Rashidul Islam,

Death toll in Bogura liquor tragedy rises to 10

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from consumption of excessive liquor in the district town rose to 10 on Tuesday, with a 55-year-old reported dead in the early hours. Humayun Kabir,