Jahanara Imam Memorial Museum to become part of national museum on Saturday
The Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam Memorial Museum will officially become a branch of the Bangladesh National Museum from Saturday onwards
5d ago
First heatwave, now water crisis
Amid the severe heat wave, there is an acute water crisis in various areas of the capital.
5d ago
Got waste? Sell it to DNCC
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has initiated a pilot project aimed at tackling the dengue outbreak by purchasing discarded items that are left in the open.
1w ago
Seventh grader killed by DSCC garbage truck
A 13-year-old schoolboy was killed after being run over by a garbage truck of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in the city’s Madinabagh area on Thursday night.
1w ago
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.
2w 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”.
4w 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.
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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.
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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.
January 9, 2024
Six out of 12 city corporations yet to take action
Despite the national election being over, thousands of posters and banners of candidates are still hanging across the country, causing potential hazards to the environment.
January 6, 2024
‘We’re lucky to be alive’
Survivors of Benapole Express fire recount horror
January 2, 2024
Hawkers reclaim Gulistan
Dhaka South City Corporation is facing a tough challenge in keeping hawkers away from the red zone areas that have been designated as hawker-free.
December 30, 2023
Campaigns wrapped in pollution
Defying the ban on using plastic for election campaigns, candidates have put up a huge number of laminated and polythene-coated posters in different areas across the capital ahead of the national polls.
December 26, 2023
Frozen in time
Time seems to have stood still for nearly six years in Dhaka’s Motijheel as the iconic Rajuk Tower clock, once a special attraction of the capital’s commercial hub, remains inoperative due to mechanical woes. Even the two hands of the clock have disappeared.
December 23, 2023
Rose Garden to regain its glory
Once upon a time, Rose Garden, a grand architectural marvel located in Old Dhaka, used to be a centre for socialisation among the elites.
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