Dhaka subway plan likely to be dropped
After spending crores of taka, the lavish plan for constructing an underground metro rail network or subway system, to be known as the Dhaka Subway, is likely to be dropped...
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Lavish Dhaka subway plan likely to be dropped after spending crores of taka
After spending crores of taka, the lavish plan for constructing an underground metro rail network or subway system, to be known as the Dhaka Subway, is likely to be dropped.
Govt striving hard to build religious harmony, Yunus tells USCIRF chair
Stephen Schneck, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, met Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Monday.
Non-fiction storytelling workshop concludes
A four-day non-fiction storytelling workshop for Bangladeshi women filmmakers concluded at Bengal Shilpalay at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Sunday.
Probe body submits report to VC, protests continue
The committee formed to probe the murder of Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo on the campus submitted its report to vice-chancellor Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan on Monday...
Pry teachers start full-day work abstention
Assistant teachers of different government primary schools across the country from Monday began a staging an indefinite whole-day strike, pressing for an increase in the entry-level pay scale as well as promotion...
Minor girl killed in Dhaka road accident
A seven-year-old schoolgirl died after being hit by a BRTC bus while crossing the road at Kamalapur intersection in the capital鈥檚 Motijheel area on Monday morning...
BNP leader shot dead聽in Dhaka
Unidentified assailants shot a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to death at Gudaragat of the Madhya Badda area in the capital Sunday night.
City dwellers suffer as Nagar Bhaban closed for 9th day
City dwellers have been suffering as all operations at Nagar Bhaban, the headquarters of the Dhaka South City Corporation, and other zonal offices remained suspended for the ninth consecutive day on Sunday, with Ishraque鈥檚 supporters demanding his swearing-in as the city mayor.聽..
Next generation will move forward with Nazrul: adviser
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter at a programme in Dhaka on Saturday said that the next generation would move forward with the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Pry teachers to go for full-day work abstention from Monday
Assistant teachers of the government primary schools will begin a countrywide full-day work abstention from Monday, demanding upgrading the entry-level pay scale and promotion.
Travel ban slapped on ex-minister Saber, family, Noor Ali
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Sunday issued a travel ban on former minister for environment, forest and climate change Saber Hossain Chowdhury and his family members over allegations of corruption.
Charges pressed against ex-DMP chief, seven others over killings during July uprising
The International Crimes Tribunal prosecution on Sunday formally pressed charges of crimes against humanity against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman, four of his subordinate officers, and three constables...
Dhaka鈥檚 air in moderate zone with AQI score of 84
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 20th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 84 at 9:30am on Sunday morning...
Protests continue for 11th day
Protests continued for the 11th consecutive day on Saturday demanding immediate arrest of the perpetrators and justice for Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo, who died following an attack by miscreants in the Suhrawardy Udyan area on May 13...
Dabir-Sohani-Suraiya Foundation empowers DU students with scholarships
The Dabir-Sohani-Suraiya Foundation awarded scholarships to meritorious and financially challenged students of Dhaka University faculty of business studies at Professor Dr Abdullah Farouk Multipurpose Hall of the university on Saturday...
BDF Dialogic begins in Dhaka
The Bangladesh Debate Federation inaugurated the BDF Dialogic 2025 in Dhaka on Saturday...
Nagar Bhaban still remains closed
The supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain continued to keep the gates of Nagar Bhaban and other zonal offices of 聽Dhaka South City Corporation locked for the eighth consecutive day on Saturday demanding Ishraque鈥檚 sworn in as the city mayor...
Another child dies in Aftabnagar gas explosion
Another child who sustained severe burn injuries in a gas explosion at Aftabnagar of Badda in Dhaka succumbed to her injuries on Friday night, bringing the death toll to four out of the five members of the same family who were burnt in the incident...
Air Astra resumes Sylhet flights ahead of Eid
Private airline Air Astra is set to resume its flights on the Dhaka-Sylhet route from May 29, aiming to facilitate travel for passengers ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha...
Panthakunja Park should be restored
NEARLY six months have passed since the Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement began a sit-in inside the partially destroyed Panthakunja Park, one of the capital鈥檚 last parks, calling for a halt to the construction of a section of the Dhaka elevated expressway from the Film Development Corporation to the Plassey crossing. Protesters say that the construction of the elevated...
Adviser Asif鈥檚 ex-APS faces travel ban
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Saturday imposed a travel ban on Moazzem Hossain, former assistant private secretary to youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, and blocked his national identity card on allegations of corruption.
Dhaka becomes 6th most polluted city with AQI score of 152
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked sixth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 152 at about 9:20am on Saturday morning...
PANTHAKUNJA PARK PROTECTION: Protests on for months
More than five months on from the start of a sit-in programme against the construction of a Dhaka Elevated Expressway link road through the Panthakunja Park at Karwan Bazar in the capital Dhaka, conservationists are yet to receive any response from...
ISD students from grade 6 onwards can now get IB scholarship
International School Dhaka has recently expanded its International Baccalaureate scholarship opportunities to middle years programme students from ages 11 to 16, said a press release.
Three accused remanded afresh in Shammo murder case
A court in Dhaka on Friday placed three accused, arrested in a case lodged over the murder of Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo, on a five-day fresh remand.
Salehuddin urges all to work together to overcome economic challenges
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Friday urged all to work together for overcoming all challenges of the country鈥檚 economy.
DSCC mayor-elect vows to keep city clean during Eid-ul-Azha
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor-elect BNP leader Ishraque Hossain has pledged to quickly remove the wastes during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festival and keep the city clean.
Dhaka streets go under water in 20mm rainfall
Many streets in the capital Dhaka went under water on Thursday morning due to moderate rainfall, causing traffic congestion in different areas and sufferings to the city dwellers.
Six journalists hurt in attack on DRU
A case was filed on Thursday over an attack carried out allegedly by a collaborator of the Awami League and his supporters on the premises of Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday night...