Dhaka Division

Drivers block Dhaka roads for withdrawal of ban on battery-run rickshaws

Shawdesh Desk: Drivers of battery-run three wheelers have been staging demonstration blocking roads in Dhaka’s Mirpur, Pallabi and some other areas since Sunday morning, demanding withdrawal of ban on the

Six killed in lightning strikes in Narsingdi, Tangail

Shawdesh desk: Six people were killed in three incidents of lightning strikes in Narsingdi and Tangail districts on Saturday. Of them, four were killed in Narsingdi and two were killed

Microbus catches fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway

Shawdesh Desk: A microbus caught fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway in front of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday. Rozina Akhtar, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters

More than 50 houses burnt in Gazipur fire

Shawdesh Desk; Several markets and more than 50 tin-roof houses were burnt in a fire in Bhogra bypass area in Gazipur city on early Thursday. The fire started at a

Dhaka becomes 9th most polluted city with AQI score of 122

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka has ranked 9th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an air quality index score of 122 at 9:00am on Tuesday morning.

Dwellers of many Dhaka areas wake up to waterlogged streets

Shawdesh Desk: Residents of Dhaka woke up to waterlogged streets on Saturday morning after showers lashed the city. The rains coupled with gusty wind started around 7:15am and continued till

21 children injured by lightning strike at Faridpur madrassah

Shawdesh desk: Twenty-one students of the Madinatul Ulum Madrassah in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur were injured by a lightning strike on Monday. 11 of them have been hospitalised. The hospitalised

Dhaka becomes 10th most polluted city with AQI score of 119

Shawdesh desk: Dhaka has ranked 10th on the list of cities with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 119 at about 9:10am on Tuesday morning. The day’s