20 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Chapainawabganj
Shawdesh Desk: Police arrested twenty leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir in Atair area of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. The identities of the arrestees could ReadMore
Call to let more Afghan interpreters move to UK
Shawdesh Desk: Dozens of former military commanders have called on the government to allow more Afghans who worked for British forces to resettle in the UK. UK ministers have recently ReadMore
Covid death toll in Bangladesh crosses 20,000 with 237 new fatalities
Shawdesh Desk: As the highly transmissible Delta variant keeps sweeping through the country, Bangladesh logged off 237 Coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, taking the death toll to ReadMore
Dhaka’s first-ever metro rail set to start by December 2022, says project chief
Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s long wait for its first-ever metro rail is going to be over by December 2022 as work on the project has gained momentum despite disruptions by coronavirus ReadMore
Another ‘Oxygen Express’ from India arrives in Bangladesh
Shawdesh Desk: Another Oxygen Express of Indian Railways entered Bangladesh carrying a second tranche of 200 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) as the country’s Covid-19 daily-death toll reach up ReadMore
5 of a family killed in Teknaf landslide
Shawdesh Desk: Five members of a family were killed in a landslide due to heavy rainfall at Nhilla area in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar early hours of Wednesday. The deceased ReadMore
Bangladesh, US to forge COVID-19 pandemic cooperation
Shawdesh desk; Bangladesh and the US have expressed willingness to work more closely to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This was discussed during a meeting held between the Adviser for ReadMore
Covid-19 claims life of Jhalakathi’s senior judicial magistrate
Shawdesh Desk: Sania Akter, Senior Judicial Magistrate of Jhalakathi, died from Covid-19 infection at a hospital in Barishal on Wednesday morning. She breathed her last while undergoing treatment at Sher-E-Bangla ReadMore
