Dhaka Division

Firework in New Year celebration causes fire in 10 places

Shawdesh Desk: Houses and establishments caught fire in at least 10 places in capital Dhaka due to celebration of the 31st night on the New Year’s eve with firework. The

Dhaka airport a hub of mosquitoes

Shawdesh Desk: It was 6:15pm on Monday. Numerous people sitting on benches in front of the restaurant adjacent to the customs at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital

Robbery in Karnaphuli Garden City: 3 arrested, 221 bhories of gold recovered

Shawdesh Desk: DB police arrested three men over theft of 700 bhories of gold ornaments from Karnaphuli Garden City Market. A team of Ramna DB arrested them from Barishal and

Train crashes into bus in N’ganj: Death toll reaches 4

Shawdesh Desk: Another man who was injured in train-bus collision at a level-crossing near Narayanganj railway station died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Monday morning, raising the

Much-hyped ‘Dhaka Nagar Paribahan’ rolled out

Shawdesh Desk: The government has finally launched the ‘Dhaka Nagar Paribahan’ under bus route rationalisation programme of the two Dhaka city corporations on trial basis, aiming to streamline the public

Man killed as DSCC garbage truck hits rickshaw

Shawdesh Desk: A man was killed after a garbage truck of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) allegedly hit a rickshaw in capital’s Wari area on Thursday morning. The deceased was

Dhaka world’s third-most polluted city

Shawdesh Desk: Winter is here, so is the pollution. In fact, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh is the world’s third-most polluted city. On Wednesday, the capital’s air quality index

No one kept scissors inside Monira’s stomach during surgery

Shawdesh Desk: A committee formed to probe a complaint of medical negligence against doctors who allegedly left a pair of scissors inside a girl’s stomach during a surgery at Faridpur’s