Dhaka Division

Gazipur hotel blast: Probe body formed

Shawdesh Desk: A committee was formed on Sunday to investigate the explosion at a hotel in the city’s Board Bazar area that left 17 people injured. Gazipur’s Deputy Commissioner ABM

17 people sustain burn injuries in gas cylinder blast in Gazipur

Shawdesh Desk: Seventeen people sustained burn injuries when a gas cylinder exploded at a restaurant at Board Bazar in Gazipur on Sunday, according to a report of News24, a private

NBR moves to procure 10,000 electronic devices to check VAT evasion

Shawdesh Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has started the process to procure modern technology-based electronic fiscal devices (EFDs), aiming to check VAT evasion both at the retail and

Body to ease gridlocks in hibernation

Shawdesh Desk: A committee formed with Dhaka South City mayor Sayeed Khokon as the head to ease the capital’s traffic congestion within past August could not even start its work

Viqarunnisa student dies of dengue

Shawdesh Desk: An eighth grader of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College died of dengue at a private hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday morning. The deceased Asmita Begum, 13, is the

Plaque with Khaleda’s name dismantled at JnU

Shawdesh Desk: A group of students of Jagannath University on Monday night dismantled the plaque of the Jagannath University embossed with the name of former prime minister Khaleda Zia. Witnesses

Dengue claims another life, hospitalisation rises again

Shawdesh Desk: Dengue fever claimed yet another life on Sunday as the first day of September saw a rise in the daily infection rate of the mosquito-borne viral disease. In

Two cops injured in bomb attack in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Two cops were injured as improvised explosive devices were blasted near a police box in Science Laboratory crossing in Dhaka Saturday. Assistant police sub-inspector Sahab Uddin, 36, sustained