Sadeque Hossain Khoka, a valiant freedom fighter, is laid to rest at Jurain Graveyard following the last funeral prayer.
The body of freedom fighters and former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka is expected to arrive in Bangladesh from US on Thursday morning.
Former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka died while undergoing treatment for cancer at a New York hospital.
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) files a case against former Dhaka City Corporation Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka for allocating 138 shops of 10 markets illegally.
While many Bangladeshis recognise the environmental menace of littering, a national wake-up campaign, actively championed by the national leadership, would be far more effective than the occasional focus on the issue by the media.
Dhaka City Corpor-ation has been divided into two halves, but each one of its problems remain the same, if not worse.
Garbage management to be on the top priority list on the recently-elected mayors of Dhaka north and south city corporations who have announced to make Dhaka a clean place in the next six months.
Dhaka north and south city mayors blast the National Bank Limited authorities and ask them to clear the roads around Sundarban Hotel by Sunday.
Dhaka city will be cleaned within next year through proper waste management systems, the two newly elected mayors of Dhaka city corporations say.
Elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations will be held before the month of Ramadan, says Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad.
The Election Commission will hold a meeting with the officials of education ministry and law enforcement agencies on Thursday to discuss the date for Dhaka City Corporation polls.
The opposition Jatiya Party announces to back Bahauddin Ahmed Babul and Hazi Saifuddin Ahmed Milon as mayoral candidates for long-pending polls to Dhaka city corporations