Dhaka Division

Eid shopping gains momentum

Shawdesh Desk: Rain couldn’t stop Eid shoppers from checking in the malls and markets in the capital to buy their desired products on Friday, the weekly holiday. Customers crowded Bashundhara

RMG workers block roads at Mirpur in city demanding wages, Eid bonus

Shawdesh Desk: Garments workers blocked several roads in Mirpur in the capital Dhaka on Saturday demanding salary arrears, overtime wages and bonus for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Garments workers of Cotton

3 of a family burnt in refrigerator compressor blast in Jatrabari

Shawdesh desk: Three members of a family, including a child, were burnt when compressor of a refrigerator exploded at a house in the capital’s Jatrabari Konapara area on Thursday morning.

Rains drench Dhaka, bring rush-hour snarls

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka woke up to a rainy morning on Wednesday, but two hours of showers in large parts of the city brought back the obvious miseries — waterlogged roads

Dhaka-Tongi Railway Expansion Project: Cost, duration to go up further

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Railway (BR) is yet to start the construction of a 12-kilometre rail track under the 25-kilometre Dhaka-Tongi 3rd and 4th dual gauge line extension project though 10

Bangladesh origin US citizen held with 6kg gold at Dhaka airport

Shawdesh Desk: Customs intelligence officials have arrested a Bangladeshi origin US citizen along with 59 gold bars, weighing 6.8 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday morning. The arrestee

Fire at city’s Lalbagh plastic factory under control

Shawdesh Desk: A devastating fire that broke out at a plastic factory in Shaheed Nagar Bou Bazar area of capita’s Lalbagh on Friday noon was brought under control. Rojina Akter,

Traffic jam turns terrible in capital

Shawdesh Desk: The traffic congestion has turned severe in and around the capital with the Eid-ul-Fitr festival drawing nearer. The sufferings of commuters know no bounds for severe traffic congestions.