Dhaka Division

5 members of teenage gang held in city

Shawdesh desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five members of teenage gang named ‘Love Lane’ in Hazaribag area of the capital on Sunday night. The arrestees are identified as Abdul

The growing menace of teen gangs

Shawdesh Desk: Teen gangs are raising their ugly heads across the country, especially in Dhaka, getting involved in various crimes, including robbery, murder and rape. As many teens are getting

98pc have delta variant: BSMMU

Shawdesh Desk: Ninety-eight percent people have contracted delta variant in the country while the remaining two percent are the South African variant (B.1.351) and the Nigerian variant (B.1.525). In a

Leather factory catches fire in Narayanganj

Shawdesh Desk: Barely one month after a deadly fire at a factory at Bhulta Karnagop in Narayanganj’s Rupganj that claimed the lives of 52 people, another factory in Narayanganj caught

Helena Jahangir on fresh 8-day remand

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed ‘Joyjatra IPTV’ chairman Helena Jahangir on a fresh 8-day remand. The remand was granted by the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court after

Dengue infections on the rise: 287 more people hospitalised in 24 hours

Shawdesh desk: Some 287 more people have been hospitalised with dengue infection across the country in the last 24 hours. Of them, 279 were admitted in hospitals in the capital. The

Cop killed as microbus hit him in city

Shawdesh Desk: A traffic police constable was killed after a microbus hit him in front of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital of the capital’s Sher-E-Bangla Nagar area on Sunday

Second batch of vaccines from Japan on way to Dhaka

Shawdesh desk: Nearly 8 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan will arrive in Dhaka today (Saturday, July 31). Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan has seen off the second