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Ishraque holds meeting with DSCC staff

With a banner carrying words ‘honourable mayor’ on it, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Monday held a meeting with the Dhaka South City Corporation’s waste management staff at the DSCC headquarters Nagar Bhaban...

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DSCC to double insecticide to prevent Aedes

Dhaka South City Corporation authority has decided to increase the volume of applying insecticide to 60 litres from 30 litres from June 14 to prevent the spread of Aedes mosquito...

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Local govt to decide Ishraque’s mayoral oath: EC

The Election Commission on Wednesday said that its responsibility in the case of Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral matter ended with the issuance of the gazette declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as mayor, replacing Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh to comply with the lower court’s verdict...

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DSCC locked for 12th day, AD hears EC’s position today

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Wednesday locked all the entrances to the Dhaka South City Corporation headquarters Nagar Bhaban and its zonal offices for the 12th straight day, demanding his swearing-in as mayor...

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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’s supporters demanding his swearing-in as the city mayor. ..

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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  Dhaka South City Corporation locked for the eighth consecutive day on Saturday demanding Ishraque’s sworn in as the city mayor...

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Ishraque’s supporters lock Nagar Bhaban

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain locked the gates of the Dhaka South City Corporation headquarters for the second working day on Saturday, demanding that he be sworn in as the city mayor...

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DSCC evicts illegal shops, structures from Suhrawardy Udyan

The Dhaka South City Corporation on Thursday evicted all illegal shops and makeshift structures from the Suhrawardy Udyan following the fatal stabbing of Dhaka University student and Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal leader Shahriar Alam Shammo near Suhrawardy Udyan...

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Ishraque’s supporters lock Nagar Bhaban

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain continued their demonstrations for the second consecutive day and locked the main gate of the Dhaka South City Corporation headquarters on Thursday, demanding that he be sworn in as the city mayor...

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No chance for day’s vote to happen at night, CEC says

Reiterating Election Commission’s commitment to organising a free, fair, neutral and peaceful election, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said, ‘There is no possibility of taking place day’s vote at night.’

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Restaurant owners at loggerheads with DSCC

The country's restaurant owners threatened to launch a nationwide movement involving all restaurant owners and workers if the Dhaka South City Corporation did not revoke their notice over roof-top eateries and engage in constructive dialogue...

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DSCC renames roads, structures

Several roads and structures under the Dhaka South City Corporation, including Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, have been renamed...

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Matuail fire calls for modern waste management strategy

A DEPLORABLE failure of urban waste governance has left large parts of southern Dhaka cloaked in toxic smoke for more than two weeks, as a fire at the Matuail landfill continues to spread palls of toxic smoke across densely populated neighbourhoods such as Jurain, Jatrabari, Sayedabad and Maniknagar. The...

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Early, effective measures needed to contain mosquito surge

THE death of at least 10 people and hospital admission of 1,236 people in January–February 5, when dengue incidence generally slows down or halts, raises concern. The high density of mosquitoes, both Aedes and Culex, in Dhaka and outlying areas is also alarming. Experts believe that the high density of mosquitoes in the winter is due to of the lack of sustained mosquito...

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Dhaka Bank to collect tax, fee of DSCC residents

Dhaka Bank PLC launched real time collection of holding tax and trade licence fee of Dhaka South City Corporation in an event at Nagar Bhaban in Dhaka on Monday, said a press release...

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Work disrupted at 5 fire-hit ministries

Routine works of the five ministries affected by a fire in the  past week were disrupted on Sunday as their offices at new locations were yet to be ready.

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Five more die of dengue

Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 541 this year...

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Dengue death toll nears 500 this year

At least six more people died of dengue and 882 affected were hospitalised in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services press release...

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ACC summons ex-mayor Taposh, ex-DB chief Harun

The Anti-Corruption Commission summoned 13 people, including Dhaka South City Corporation former mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner...

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Effective dengue prevention steps demanded

The Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Thursday submitted a memorandum with seven demands, including effective measures for dengue prevention, to the administrator of the Dhaka South City Corporation...

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Eviction without rehabilitation is unacceptable

THE Dhaka South City Corporation’s attempt to evict cleaners from their colony in the Old Town of Dhaka, going against a High Court decision, that has left many injured is unacceptable. The Miranzilla Harijan Colony residents say that on July 11, the city authorities used force to evict them and supporters of the Ward 33 councillor attacked them...