Dorian death toll rises to 20 in Bahamas, rescue underway
Shawdesh Desk: The United States Coast Guard and Britain’s Royal Navy airlifted survivors and ferried in emergency supplies on Wednesday as the death toll from hurricane Dorian’s rampage through the ReadMore
Nayeem strikes after Shah’s historic ton
Sports Desk: Nayeem Hasan broke the resistance of Rahmat Shah just after he became the first Afghan batsman to score a hundred in Test as Bangladesh fought their way back ReadMore
19-member road safety task force formed
Shawdesh Desk: A 19-member task force, headed by home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, was formed on Thursday to bring order back on roads and reduce accidents. The task force was ReadMore
At least four killed in Bogura road accidents
Shawdesh Desk: At least four people were killed in road accidents in Bogura on Thursday. Bogura highway police’s Kazal Kumar Nandi, sub-inspector of Kundarhaat station, confirmed the news saying that ReadMore
PM seeks support from IORA members to protect marine ecology
Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the IORA member states to respond quickly to save the marine ecological system as the protection of ocean and sea resources ReadMore
US official ‘offers bribe’ to captain of Iranian vessel
Shawdesh Desk: A senior United States official personally offered several million dollars to the Indian captain of an Iranian oil tanker suspected of heading to Syria, the State Department confirmed ReadMore
US, China to start trade talks again in next month
Shawdesh Desk: China and the United States will resume trade talks in Washington in early October, Beijing said on Thursday, allaying fears that new punitive tariffs would lead to a ReadMore
Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stands in tatters
Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stood in tatters on Thursday after a humiliating week left him without a working majority but unable to call an ReadMore
