Dhaka Division

Foreign debt to double in 5 years

The country’s external credit will more than double in 2022 – just in a span of five years – amid high growth of suppliers credits and short-term borrowings to finance

Two more die of dengue in Dhaka, Barishal

Shawdesh Desk: Two more people died of dengue in the capital and Barishal on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Gias Uddin, 40, son of Abdul Awal of Chandpur and

Government offices, public spaces still a threat

Shawdesh Desk: As Bangladesh, especially the capital is reeling under massive dengue outbreak, mobile courts run by Dhaka’s two city corporations are penalising the residents keeping public places and government

DNCC launches ‘combing operation’ to tackle dengue

Shawdesh Desk: Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said owners would be fined if Aedes larvae were found in houses under his city corporation after

FR tower owner Faruque held for design forgery

Shawdesh Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday arrested SMHI Faruque, one of the owners of FR Tower at Banani in the city, in a case filed over the forgery in

Four ‘extremists’ held in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Members of Rapid Action Battalion 3 arrested four suspected members of a religious extremist outfit named ‘Allahar Dal@Allahr Sarkar’ from Hatirjheel area in Dhaka on early Monday. The arrested are

Tannery rawhide procurement begins

Shawdesh Desk: Tannery owners have started rawhide procurement as per the government instruction and it will continue for the next two months. General Secretary of the Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA)

Material belongings of thousands of families burnt to ashes

Shawdesh Desk: All the material belongings of over 10,000 families who live at Chalantika Mor Slum, Mirpur in the capital was burned to ashes on Friday night by a devastating