Karwan Bazar: Wholesale market relocation starts this month
The relocation of Karwan Bazar, the largest wholesale market hub in the capital, is likely to start by the end of this month.
1w ago
Bailey Road Fire: Leaking gas, shorted electric kettle to blame
The deadly fire at the Green Cozy Cottage shopping mall on the capital’s Bailey Road, which claimed 46 lives on February 29, originated from an electric short circuit at a kettle on the ground floor café named “Cha Chumuk”.
2w ago
Southern Routes: Bus operators charging extra ahead of Eid
Sirajul Islam, a businessman from Dhaka’s Rayerbagh, was waiting for a BRTC bus in Fulbaria bus terminal area around 3:30pm yesterday. He would travel to Barishal with his wife and two sons.
2w ago
One year since Bangabazar fire: Now a shadow of its former self
Even little over a year ago, Bangabazar market used to be crowded with shoppers and traders from dawn till midnight ahead of Eid. But now, it’s a shadow of its former self.
3w ago
Construction of 10-storey complex to begin soon
After a year since the devastating fire at Bangabazar Market in the capital’s Fulbaria, Dhaka South City Corporation is all set to construct a new 10-storey commercial building at the site.
3w ago
Bailey Road Inferno: Rajuk finds gross violation of rules
The owner of Green Cozy Cottage on Bailey Road, where a deadly fire claimed 46 lives on February 29, had no approvals for commercial use of the property.
3w ago
Gazipur fire: Relatives fearing the worst as victims battle for life
With tears in her eyes, Noorjahan was looking towards the hospital’s ward. Kamala Khatoon, her mother, was fighting for her life at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery
1m ago
A sweet affair
Dhaka dwellers with a sweet tooth currently have an exciting opportunity to taste numerous distinctive and popular sweets from across the country, as Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is hosting a five-day sweet fair on its premises.
1m ago
February 12, 2024
19 institutions owe DSCC Tk 75cr in holding tax
Dhaka Medical College Hospital, a government-run institution, has not paid a single taka of holding tax to Dhaka South City Corporation in the last 10 years.
February 10, 2024
Corruption Charges: 3,300 cases await court disposal
The Anti-Corruption Commission is grappling with case backlogs as over 3,300 remain pending in various courts across the country.
February 10, 2024
A palace by the river
Leave behind the tangled streets and chaotic symphony of Old Dhaka for a while. Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a different era, stepping onto a gilded boat that glides through the sun-dappled Buriganga.
February 9, 2024
Birth and Death Registration server: DSCC at odds with registrar general
Dhaka South City Corporation has introduced a new server for birth registrations, violating the existing law and rules governing the process.
January 27, 2024
Banglabazar: All things book
Walking past the Jagannath University and Dhaka Collegiate School, amid heavy noise of construction work at Dhaka Sadar Post Office, these correspondents heard a voice that cut through the cacophony in narrow lanes of Old Dhaka.
January 22, 2024
City corporations owe Rajuk Tk 302cr
Forty years ago, Dhaka City Corporation bought the Gulshan Shopping Complex Market from Rajuk for Tk 6.45 crore. The market now falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaka North City Corporation.
January 18, 2024
From swamps to water parks
While strolling through the Motijheel area in the capital, one might notice a swampy waterbody behind Bangladesh Bank. What was once a pristine lake is now just a garbage dumping site for some, while others have set up various establishments encroaching almost all of the waterbody.
January 16, 2024
DSCC initiates separate collection, disposal system
To ensure better waste management in the capital, Dhaka South City Corporation has initiated a project to collect medical waste separately.
January 16, 2024
Signatures they got, not votes
Despite amassing the required one percent voter signatures to contest the national polls as an independent candidate, around 36 percent of independents couldn’t even secure one percent vote in the January 7 election.
January 12, 2024
73pc candidates lose security deposits
A total of 1,441 candidates out of 1,969 who contested the January 7 polls lost their security deposits for failing to secure the minimum required votes.
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