Dhaka Division

DSCC terminates deputy tax officer, 31 other staffs

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has fired 32 officials, including its deputy tax officer. Md Selim Khan was terminated as deputy tax officer following adequate evidence to substantiate

Dhaka’s air quality turns ‘moderate’

Shawdesh desk: Dhaka’s air quality has turned ‘moderate’, thanks to monsoon showers in different parts of the country. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 80 at 8.50am on

278 kg smuggled gold seized in HSIA in last 5 months; masterminds go unpunished

Shawdesh Desk: Customs Intelligence and law enforcers have recovered 7.5 maunds (275.9315kgs) of smuggled gold from various inbound passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in last five months. Although

27 more hospitalised as dengue cases keep rising in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: The health authorities confirmed 27 new dengue cases in 24 hours till Monday morning. Twenty-six new patients were hospitalized in Dhaka and another case was detected outside it,

DMP to raid hotels, messes ahead of Padma Bridge opening

Shawdesh Desk; The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has decided to raid the capital’s residential hotels and student messes in a bid to ensure security ahead of the Padma Bridge inauguration

30 houses gutted in Gazipur fire

Shawdesh desk: Gazipur, June 18: Thirty houses of two colonies were gutted in a fire in Chandra area of Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on Saturday. Saiful Islam, in-charge of

Dhaka’s air quality improves

Shawdesh desk: The onset of monsoon over Bangladesh has brought some good news for the residents of Dhaka gasping for clean air. The air quality of the densely populated metropolis

Derailment snaps Dhaka-M’singh rail link

Shawdesh desk: Rail communication between Dhaka and Mymensingh has remained suspended since Thursday morning as a bogie of a train derailed near Rajendrapur railway station. Rezaul Islam, station master of