Dhaka Division

Dhaka for sufficient and sustained peacekeeping budget

Shawdesh desk: Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Rabab Fatima stressed on the importance of adequate funding of the UN peacekeeping missions. Ambassador Fatima made the call while

26 killed as speedboat collides with bulkhead in Madaripur

Shawdesh desk: At least 26 people were killed as a speedboat overturned after hitting a sand-laden bulkhead anchored in Padma at Kathalbari Ghat area near Banglabazar Ferry Ghat in Madaripur’s

3 vegetable traders killed in Narayanganj road crash

Shawdesh desk: Three vegetable traders were killed and three others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj early Saturday. The deceased were identified

Armanitola fire: Newlywed man dies at SHNIBPS, death toll rises to 6

Shawdesh desk: A man, who sustained burn injured at the chemical warehouse fire in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday night.

Chemical Warehouse: Relocation may be delayed further

Shawdesh Desk: From Nimtoli in 2010 to Armanitola in 2021, fire tragedies caused by hazardous chemicals took more than 200 lives in the last 11 years in Old Dhaka but

Chinese Defence Minister arrives in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: State Councilor and Head of China’s Ministry of National Defence Wei Fenghe arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday morning on a brief but important visit when he will meet top

Armanitola building fire: One more victim dies

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from the massive fire that broke out at a building in Armanitola area of Old Dhaka in the early hours of Friday, climbed to five

2 killed in Faridpur road crash

Shawdesh Desk: Two people were killed and three others injured after a pick-up van hit a human hauler at Talma Mor in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur on Monday morning. One