Dhaka Division

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks 3rd worst city

Bangladesh’s capital showed little sign of improvement even though the vehicles’ entry to and from the city was restricted while a virtual lockdown is going on due to coronavirus, it

Six more die from fever, cough, breathing problems in four districts

Six more people have died from fever, cough and breathing complications in Faridpur, Chattogram, Barishal and Cumilla districts. In Faridpur, two septuagenarian men, who had been suffering from fever and

Dhaka ranks 8th worst in Air Quality Index

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was ranked eighth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. The city had a score of 152 at 08:08am, indicating that the air quality

Coronavirus Fallout: Cry for work, food

The general holiday over coronavirus has put construction and transport workers in dire straits as their livelihood is at stake. They are seen sitting idle at different places in the

Air Quality: Dhaka again ranks worst

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked first among cities with the worst quality in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Friday morning. It had an AQI score of 202 at 8:13 am.The

Left jobless by lockdown, poor in Madaripur ‘starving’

A large number of people in the district who live from hand to mouth are starving as restrictive measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus left them jobless. Members of

Coronavirus: Low-income people struggling to survive

Woes and sufferings of the low-income groups, mostly the daily wage earners, have mounted in the capital and its outskirts in the wake of the 10-day general holiday across the

2 passengers with high temperature sent to hospital from Dhaka Airport

Shawdesh Desk: Two people who landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday noon were sent to hospital after authorities detected that they had fever. They returned in a flight