Dhaka Division

Dhaka ranks third worst in Air Quality Index

Shawdesh desk: Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in the ‘unhealthy’ zone on Saturday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 165 at 8.55am, the metropolis ranked third

Dhaka world’s most polluted city with an AQI score of 174

Shawdesh Desk: The densely populated capital of Bangladesh has topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality. The capital’s air quality index was recorded at 174 at

Absconding war crimes convict Khalilur arrested at Savar

Shawdesh desk: A team of Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested absconding death row war crimes convict Khalilur Rahman at a location in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, RAB

Dhaka airport urges people with conjunctivitis to avoid foreign trips

Shawdesh Desk: Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport authorities have urged people with conjunctivitis to avoid foreign tour with symptoms of the infectious eye disease if possible. The airport authorities made the

Dhaka’s air ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka’s air quality slipped back to the ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ category on Monday morning with an air quality index score of 129 at 9:00am, the metropolis ranked

Dhaka Metro fare fixed at Tk 5/km

Shawdesh Desk; The Bangladesh government has fixed the minimum fare at Tk 20 — that’s Tk 5 per kilometre, more than double what you shell out for a bus ride

Late monsoon rains disrupt life in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: A bout of heavy rain lashed Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday afternoon triggering water-logging in many areas and causing sufferings to commuters, including students. Streets in parts of

6 of a family burnt in gas leak fire in Keraniganj

Shawdesh desk: Six members of a family, including a child, received burn injuries in a fire originated from a gas leak in Keraniganj’s Jinjira Mandail area of Dhaka early Tuesday.