Dhaka Division

Firefighters hold drill at Bangabazar Market

Shawdesh desk: A fire drill was conducted at Bangabazar Market in Dhaka on Saturday, marking the International Fire Prevention Day. Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense arranged the programme early

Overhauling Dhaka’s bus service, a big step towards sustainable mobility

Shawdesh desk: The much-awaited trial run of a new city bus service in a small corridor of Dhaka will begin on December 1, under an ambitious project that aims to

Mortar shell-like object found at Mirpur

Shawdesh Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered a mortar shell-like object from an under construction building in Mirpur Zoo area of the capital in Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the bomb

Police rescue 4 girls missing from Mirpur

Shawdesh DesK: Police rescued the four girls, who went missing from the capital’s Mirpur on September 29, from different areas of the country on Monday night. The four rescued girls are

4 held over missing of 3 girls from Pallabi

Shawdesh Desk: Police arrested four people in a case filed in connection with three teenagers missing from Pallabi area of the capital on Sunday. The arrestees are identified as Md

Case filed against E-orange owner, 6 others

Shawdesh Desk: A case was filed on Sunday against seven people including Sonia Mehjabin, owner of e-commerce platform E-orange, for embezzling Taka 9.53 crore from 27 customers through fraud. A

Two suffer burn injuries in Tejgaon blast

Shawdesh desk: Two people received severe burn injuries as an explosion took place at a building in East Tejturi Bazar area of Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Friday night. The injured were

Miscreants stab teenager to death in Kamrangirchar

Shawdesh Desk: A teenager was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in the capital’s Kamrangirchar Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Md Ripon, 16, son of late Alam Sharif