Dhaka Division

Dengue situation may linger till Sept: DGHS

Shawdesh Desk: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today said that the ongoing dengue situation in the country may linger till September unless immediate steps are taken in this

Tangail mob beating victim dies at DMCH

Shawdesh Desk: A rickshaw-van puller, who was critically injured in mob beating on suspicion of being a child lifter at Kalihati in Tangail, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in

Five suspected ‘extremists’ held in Dhaka

A special team of Anti-Terrorism Unit arrested five members of a family at Rupnagar in Mirpur following an exchange of gunfire early Saturday for their suspected involvement in extremism. Three

HC asks govt to explain high dengue test fees

Shawdesh desk: The High Court Division on Thursday gave Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation four more days until July 30 to eradicate aedes mosquitos from the

Two killed in City gunfight

Shawdesh desk: Two people, including a suspected drug peddler, were killed in reported gunfights with the Rapid Action Battalion in Badda and Mirpur in Dhaka on early Thursday. Senior assistant

Two ‘bombs’ neutralised in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: The police said that their bomb disposal unit had neutralised two bombs they recovered from Paltan and Khamarbari areas in the capital early Wednesday. Maruf Hossain, deputy commissioner

Murder accused killed in city ‘gunfight’

A murder suspect has been killed in a gunfight with police in Satarkul of Badda in the capital early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ramzan, 37. He was the

Discretion results in discrimination

Shawdesh Desk: Lawyers and right activists have expressed disappointment over discriminatory exercise of powers by judicial magistrates as some arrested crime suspects are allowed to be interrogated at the jail