Motijheel
No internet, phone in Motijheel Jun 8-11
Bangladesh’s telecom authority says they will keep landlines and internet off in Dhaka’s commercial hub Motijheel from June 8-11.
Fire at Motijheel Janata Tower under control
The fire that broke out at the ninth floor of the Janata Tower at Motijheel in the capital was brought under control this morning.
190 Gulistan traders shown arrested
In sequel to yesterday, shop owners of Dhaka Trade Centre mall and hawkers have clashed again in capital’s Gulistan area. At least 50 including a top police official have been hurt. About 150 have been detained.
30 illegal shops evicted from Motijheel
Dhaka South City Corporation has evicted 30 out of 134 illegal shops at AGB colony in the Dhaka’s Motijheel area.
Aslam shown arrested in 2 arson cases
BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury has been shown arrested in two arson cases filed with Motijheel and Lalbagh police stations in January last year.
‘Extortion by sergeant’: Court orders judicial probe
A Dhaka court orders a judicial enquiry into an extortion case filed against a sergeant of Motijheel traffic (East Zone).
Remembering Hefajat’s mayhem
On this day three years ago, the Hefajat-e Islam men got locked in deadly clashes with law enforcers and the ruling Awami League men in Dhaka and turned the whole business district of Motijheel into a battlefield.
Amid May Day festivity, 2 workers die in Motijheel
A construction worker and a van driver die in Dhaka's Motijheel area amidst countrywide celebration of the international May Day.
HC curbs construction of makeshift shops in Motijheel
The High Court issues a restriction on construction of some makeshift shops on the footpaths in Motijheel area of Dhaka.
3 killed in Dhaka road crashes
Three persons including a woman are killed in separate road accidents in Gabtoli, Motijheel and Gulistan Zero point areas of Dhaka.
Fire at Motijheel building, 1 dead
One person dies after a fire at a building in Dhaka’s commercial hub Motijheel.
6 Shibir leaders held with crude bombs
Police arrest six leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, with 11 crude bombs at a students' mess in Dhaka’s Arambagh area.
SC asks Fakhrul to surrender by tomorrow
The Supreme Court rejects three petitions filed by BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, seeking extension of its order that granted him bail in three arson and vandalism cases.
Hotel staff 'shot dead by employer’
Muggers allegedly shot a restaurant worker to death in Dhaka’s Motijheel area.
Billboard collapses in Motijheel
A billboard collapses after the iron pillar carrying it uprooted this afternoon blocking one side of the road in front of Sonali Bank in Motijheel area of Dhaka.
AC malfunction, fire at Bangladesh Bank
A small scale fire breaks out at Bangladesh Bank in Dhaka’s Motijheel this afternoon, however, no major losses or casualties were incurred.
4 ‘traffickers’ held in Dhaka
Criminal Investigation Department claims to have detained four human traffickers from a travel agency office in Motijheel area of Dhaka. Around 1,000 passports seized from them.
'Drug peddler' killed in Dhaka 'shootout'
An alleged drug peddler is killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion at Motijheel in Dhaka.
Newspaper staff killed in Dhaka crash
A staff of a Dhaka-based national daily’s printing press was killed early today when a newspaper-carrying vehicle he was travelling in turned turtle in Dhaka’s Motijheel area
