Dhaka Division

Dhaka: A preferred city months back, suddenly loses its ‘attraction’

Shawdesh Desk: Although some 2,000 people used to move to Dhaka every day from across the country seeking a better life barely six months back, many are now leaving the

Dhaka breathes better as its air quality improves

Shawdesh Desk: As Dhaka has started experiencing rains with the arrival of monsoon, the air quality in the capital improved significantly as it ranked the 15th worst polluted city in

Wari goes into lockdown for 21 days

Shawdesh Desk: The Wari area in the capital goes into a 21-day lockdown from Saturday morning as the authorities concerned have declared it a red zone for coronavirus. Dhaka South

Chemical warehouses still threat to life in old Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: The chemical warehouses in old Dhaka still present a threat to the residents as relocation is taking time due primarily to procrastination and subsequently battered by coronavirus. As

Bashundhara Group Chairman mourns Transcom Group Chairman’s death

Shawdesh desk: Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan has mourned the death of Transcom Group chairman Latifur Rahman. In a message, the Bashundhara Group Chairman on Wednesday expressed deep shock

Buriganga launch capsize: One more body found; death toll reaches 33

Shawdesh Desk: Rescue workers recovered the body of a child from Buriganga on Tuesday noon, a day after a launch capsized in the river near Shyambazar of old Dhaka. The identity

Fire in Bangladesh Bank Bhaban area doused

Shawdesh Desk: The fire that broke out in the Bangladesh Bank Bhaban area of the capital’s Motijheel has been doused. The fire, reportedly originated from fag end of a cigarette, broke out

No more waste on roads, open spaces: DSCC Mayor

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday said that no more garbage and waste would be allowed on roads and open places.