Dhaka Division

3 held over gang-rape of girl in city

Shawdesh Desk: Police have arrested three people on charge of raping a female worker inside an under-construction building in Hazaribagh area in the capital on Saturday. The arrestees were identified

RAB arrests DSCC councillor Moynul Haque Manju

Shawdesh desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Moynul Haque Manju, the councillor of ward No. 39 under Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) along with alcohol and firearms from

Mirpur Cylinder Blast: Balloon vendor arrested

Shawdesh Desk: Police arrested the balloon vendor in connection with a case filed over Wednesday’s cylinder blast at Rupnagar Residential Area in Mirpur, which left seven children dead and 20

4 children among 5 die in Mirpur gas cylinder blast

Shawdesh desk: At least five persons including four children were killed and seven others injured critically in a gas cylinder blast at Rupnagar of Mirpur in the capital. The deceased

Worker injured after falling from under-construction building at Dhaka College

Shawdesh Desk: A construction worker was injured critically after falling from roof of a seven-storey building under construction of Dhaka College in New Market area of the capital on Wednesday afternoon.

Former DCC mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka critically ill

Shawdesh Desk: Former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka is critically ill. Khoka, who was also a former minister, is currently undergoing treatment at

248 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Shawdesh Desk: Some 248 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Tuesday. 104 of them were hospitalised in Dhaka,

BNP MP Harunur Rashid files appeal against jail sentence

Shawdesh Desk: BNP MP Harunur Rashid on Monday filed an appeal with the High Court against the lower court verdict that earlier given him five years imprisonment in a graft