Dhaka Division

Fire service driver among 2 killed in accident on way to douse blaze

Shawdesh Desk: Two people including a driver of Fire Service and Civil Defence were killed and seven others injured in an accident as a vehicle of a fire fighting unit

10 arrested over Juba League activist Rubel murder in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Law enforcers arrested 10 suspects from different areas of the capital in connection with the killing of Juba League activist Oliullah Rubel in Dhaka’s Gulbagh area early Friday.

Air quality in Dhaka in ‘moderate’ zone Saturday morning

Shawdesh desk: The air quality in Bangladesh capital Dhaka is no longer world’s most polluted. The city’s air continued to be in the ‘moderate’ zone Saturday morning. With an air

4 deaths confirmed after waterbus hit by bulkhead sinks in Buriganga

Shawdesh Desk: Rescuers recovered four bodies late Sunday night from the Buriganga River, where a waterbus carrying around 100 passengers sank after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead earlier in

Nearly 30kg of gold seized at Dhaka airport, 3 arrested

Shawdesh Desk: A customs preventive team of Dhaka Customs House seized 29.67kg of gold worth Tk 33.4 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday evening and Monday morning. Custom

Female lawyer killed as bus hits motorbike on Hanif flyover

Shawdesh desk: A female lawyer was killed and another injured as a bus hit their motorcycle on Hanif flyover in Jatrabari area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday. The deceased

Transformer installation work at Rampura substation suspended

Shawdesh desk: Power Grid Company of Bangladesh has suspended the installation of a new 240/132 kV, 450 MVA transformer at Dhaka’s Rampura Grid Substation. ‘As the work has been suspended,

Gulshan turns battlefield as traders clash with police

Shawdesh desk: Gulshan area of Dhaka turned into a battlefield as traders clashed with police over the closure of the risky Gulshan Shopping Centre. The clash ensued at around 4:30