Dhaka Division

RMG workers block Tejgaon road to protest factory closure

Shawdesh desk: Several hundred garment workers blocked a busy road at Tejgaon in the capital on Tuesday, protesting the closure of their factory without any prior notice. Vehicular movement has

No respite from pollution as Dhaka’s air quality still ‘unhealthy’

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka, one of the most polluted cities in the world, ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index Monday morning. Dhaka occupied the 2nd position in the list

Dhaka’s air quality still ‘unhealthy’

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka’s air quality is ‘unhealthy’, but that’s good news. This is because the densely populated capital is no longer the world’s worst most polluted city — it has

Narayanganj fire: One more burn victim dies

Shawdesh Desk: A man, who sustained burn injured in a fire caused by leaky gas lines on the top floor of a six-storey building at Masdair in Fatullah of Narayanganj,

BNP’s protest rally today, venue shifted from Mohammadpur to Khilgaon

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will arrange a protest rally in Khilgaon Taltola of the capital today demanding neutral election and cancellation of Digital Security Act. The protest rally

Newly elected mayor’s wife, son among 3 killed in Faridpur road crash

Shawdesh desk: Three people, including the wife and son of newly elected mayor of Faridpur’s Nagarkanda municipality, were killed and seven people, including the mayor, were seriously injured, in a

Dhaka no longer world’s most polluted city

Shawdesh Desk; Here’s some good news. Dhaka is no longer the world’s most polluted city. That’s Lahore now. On Wednesday, Dhaka occupied the seventh position in the list of world

Two siblings drown in Chattogram pond

Shawdesh desk: Two minor siblings drowned in a pond in Anwara upazila of Chattoram on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as Ritu Akter, 8 and her 2-year-old minor brother