Banani

4 posh Dhaka city areas: sewers of 85pc houses lead to lakes, drains

Sewerage lines of 2,265 out of 3,830 houses in Dhaka's Gulshan, Baridhara, Niketan and Banani are connected to lakes and drains.

Banani businessman killing contract came from Europe: Cops

Police reveal dramatic lead into the murder of a businessman in Banani on November. They say is was a 'contract job' placed by 'former Chhatra Dal leader' currently based in Europe, and carried out by local killers.

City / The inequality of Dhaka's roads

Are all roads treated equally by them? Why was the initiative to improve roads, footpaths and drains in the upscale tri-state area prioritised by the incumbent Mayor and the DNCC in their first two years in office?

‘Rape’ in Banani: Ivan placed on 4-day remand

A Dhaka court places Bahauddin Ivan on a four-day remand in connection with a case filed for raping college student in Dhaka’s Banani area.

Fahim Munaim to be buried tomorrow

Eminent journalist Syed Fahim Munaim, who died yesterday, will be buried at Banani graveyard in the capital tomorrow.

No respite for Gulshan until 2017

If you visit Dhaka’s Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara areas nowadays, you will have to brace yourself for never-ending traffic, dust and mud. And there is always a risk that you may even fall into a ditch. The posh areas are now undergoing a development work including widespread road digging, which has led to this miserable situation.

A luxury car bought dodging tax seized in Dhaka

Customs intelligence seizes a luxury sports car worth around Tk 10 crore from Banani area in Dhaka that was purchased by dodging tax.

Govt to help trace Ilias Ali, Fakhrul hopes

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses hope that the government would take steps immediately to trace missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali.

2 crushed under train in Banani

Two persons are crushed under the wheels of a train in Banani of Dhaka. The deceased – 45 and 50 years – died on the spot when they were crushed near Senamalacha in Banani by a Chittagong bound train from Kamalapur around 8:15am, police said.

March 18, 2016

Banani building fire blamed on gas pipe leak

The fire at a Banani building in Dhaka that injured at least one person has been blamed on “a leak in the gas supply line” by owner and tenants.

February 17, 2016

East European among ATM frauds

Police claim to have identified a foreigner, an East European, in connection to the ATM forgery from close circuit camera footage of a booth.

February 1, 2016

[WATCH] Tawa: Melt-in-your-mouth Kebab destination

Melt in your mouth kebabs, smooth well blended Palak Paneer with the customary pockets of paneer, all scooped with a warm fluffy naan—does this catch your fancy? Tawa - named after a skillet used to warm breads, chapatis and so on - in Banani has just this and many more all-time favorites on their menu.

January 31, 2016

JP to quit cabinet: GM Quader

Jatiya Party Presidium members decide to quit the cabinet, says the party’s newly appointed Co-chairman GM Quader.

January 24, 2016

Hearts of stone

The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.

January 23, 2016

The stone hearts

“It seemed to me that people in the cars do not have empathy for people. While they screamed at me, the pedestrians and poorer ones came to help. What will we do with this so-called education and social status?” Saif writes after the injured man whom three hospitals declined to treat died in his car.

January 15, 2016