DISMANTLING battery-powered rickshaws to keep them off the main road should not be the way to deal with the threat and menace that the technically fragile vehicles pose. The Dhaka north city authorities on May 13 conducted a drive against battery-powered rickshaws and seized dozens from the main roads, declared off-limits to such vehicles, and destroyed...
Nursing students gathering from across the country in Dhaka city on Wednesday blocked the Shahbagh crossing for nearly six hours, demanding recognition of the diplomas in nursing and midwifery as equivalent to bachelor鈥檚 degree...
The killing of a Dhaka University student on the campus triggered protests and raised security concerns...
Bangladesh鈥檚 newly appointed ambassador to Sweden, Wahida Ahmed, called on Swedish foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard at the foreign affairs ministry in Stockholm, said a message received in Dhaka on Wednesday.
A seven-member investigation committee has been formed to probe the death of Shahriar Alam Shammo, a student of the Institute of Education and Research of Dhaka University, who died in an attack by miscreants on Tuesday night...
The police arrested three people in connection with the killing of Dhaka University Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal unit leader Shahriar Alam Samyo Tuesday late night.
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 19th in the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 93 at 9:45am on Wednesday morning...
A Dhaka University student was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants near Suhrawardy Udyan, adjacent to the university campus, in the early hours of Wednesday.
An extortionist allegedly shot a plant nursery owner on Tuesday in broad daylight at Gulshan in Dhaka city after he refused to pay extortion money...
Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Ezaz on Tuesday said that it would debar rickshaw movement on main roads within its purview while a campaign was underway against battery-driven rickshaws...
At least five people, including a Secondary School Certificate examinee, were killed in road accidents in Rangpur, Dhaka and Satkhira on Tuesday...
Eminent citizens, politicians, rights activists, academics and cultural figures among them, issued a joint statement on Tuesday, demanding the cancellation of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway link road construction that has already led to the destruction of Panthakunja Park and a section of the Hatirjheel Lake...
The country鈥檚 both bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange, on Tuesday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities...
The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of seven members of the banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh in the case of 2001 Ramna Batamul blast that killed 10 people during Pahela Baishakh celebrations in Dhaka.
Police on Sunday arrested a teenager in suspicion of killing his two aunts at a house at Shewrapara in the capital Dhaka on May 9...
Although the week began with a downturn, trading on the country鈥檚 stock markets ended on a positive note on Sunday, with indices rising and share prices increasing for the majority of listed companies in both Dhaka and Chattogram...
A Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate court on Monday sent to jail a female student accused in a case lodged over the brutal murder of Jahidul Islam, a student of the textile engineering department at Primeasia University in Banani, Dhaka on April 19.
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has sought cooperation from all to identify eight July martyrs for the sake of investigation into the matters...
Chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus on Monday called upon the country鈥檚 civil surgeons to ensure discipline and accountability in the health sector to improve the service delivery to the people.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has requested all to refrain from blocking roads as such activities under the pretext of protests, demonstrations, and demands cause severe traffic congestion in the capital...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 15th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 93 at about 10:15am on Monday morning...
A heatstroke centre has been opened under the supervision of Dhaka North City Corporation at its Dedicated Covid Hospital in Mohakhali to treat patients suffering from heat stroke in the current heat wave.
A court in Dhaka on Sunday sent to jail three individuals, including Ashraf Siddiqui Bitu, former assistant press secretary to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case lodged under the anti-terrorism act.
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 129 at 9:20am on Sunday morning...
Home adviser lieutenant general (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday reiterated that the people whose negligence in performing duties helped former president M Abdul Hamid leave the country would be punished...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Saturday once again issued a public notice prohibiting all types of gatherings and processions at the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence, State Guest House Jamuna, and the Bangladesh Secretariat and adjacent areas.
The National Citizen Party, along with several other political parties and groups, continued their blockade at the Shahbagh crossing in Dhaka for the second day on Saturday demanding trial of the Awami League, ban on the party鈥檚 political activities, and...
Police recovered the blood-stained bodies of two sisters from a flat in West Shewrapara鈥檚 Shamim Swarani area on Friday night...
A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested former Awami League reserve seat lawmaker Salina Islam in the capital鈥檚 Gulshan-2 area on early Saturday...
Rail communications between the capital Dhaka and six other districts were suspended for several hours following three incidents of derailment on Friday night and early Saturday.