Category: Dhaka

Body found hanging from working women’s hostel in capital

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Desk Report, Body found hanging from working women’s hostel in capital Police have recovered the hanging body of a woman named Riya Akhter Shanta (30) from the ‘Working Women’s Hostel’ in the capital’s New Market area. Her body was recovered from a room in the hostel on Sunday afternoon. Police said that Riya, after completing her studies at Dhaka University, was working at Agrani Bank in Dhaka’s Dohar area. She lived in the Working Women’s Hostel. She is married. Her home is in Palashpur village of Barisal Sadar Upazila. Her…

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Demand for 100% waste removal at night, different picture in Dhaka in the morning

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Desk Report, The office of the Bureau of Statistics in Agargaon area Demand for 100% waste . The adjacent Demand for 100% waste road is known as ‘Statistics Road’. On the holy day of Eid-ul-Azha, yesterday, Saturday at 2 pm, the work of removing sacrificial animal waste of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) was officially started at a place next to Demand for 100% waste the Science Museum on Demand for 100% waste the road. The place is just one and a half kilometers away from the place is the…

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38 bank accounts of former Air Force Chief Abdul Hannan, his wife and son frozen

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Desk Report: 38 bank accounts of former Air Force Chief Abdul Hannan, his wife and son frozen The former chief of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan, his wife Tahmida Begum and son Sheikh Labib Hannan have been ordered to freeze 38 bank accounts. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge and Senior Special Judge’s Court Judge Md. Zakir Hossain gave the order on Saturday. The court gave the order in response to an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). ACC Public Relations Officer Akhtarul Islam confirmed the matter. ACC…

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NCP has no relationship with government’s two student advisors: Nahid Islam

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Political desk: NCP has no relationship with government’s two student advisors: Nahid Islam The National Citizens Party (NCP) has no connection with the two student advisors of the interim government, said the party’s convener Nahid Islam. He said this at a press conference organized at the NCP’s temporary office at Rupayan Tower in Bangla Motor in the capital on Saturday (May 24) afternoon. At the press conference, NCP convener Nahid Islam said, “The two student advisors who are in the interim government have no connection with the National Citizens Party.…

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Chief advisor did not say he will resign, others are staying: Planning advisor

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Desk Report: The chief advisor to the interim government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, will not resign. He did not say that he will resign. This was stated by Planning Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud. Planning Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud told reporters after an unscheduled closed-door meeting of the advisory council after the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today, Saturday. He said, ‘The chief advisor is not leaving, he is staying with us. He did not say that he will resign, he will definitely stay. Other advisors are also…

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Government is not forcing Ishraq to become mayor: Rizvi

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Desk Report: Government is not forcing BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan is very young. He has suddenly received a serious state responsibility. That is why there is an imbalance in his speech. He said this in response to a question from journalists when he went to see Rakibul Hasan, who was injured in the July uprising in Khilkhet on Tuesday (May 20). Rizvi said that Ishraq is not being allowed to take oath even after the court verdict…

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Second hearing on Ishraq’s refusal to take oath as mayor to be held in the afternoon

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Politic Desk: Second hearing on Ishraq’s A one-time hearing has been held on the writ petition seeking directions not to administer oath to BNP leader Ishraq Hossain as mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation. The matter will be heard again after 4 pm. Today, Tuesday (May 20), a bench of Justice Md. Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury held a hearing on the matter for about 1 hour. Lawyer Mohammad Hossain heard the petition. Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon was on Ishraq Hossain’s behalf. Deputy Attorney General Mahfuzur…

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City buildings still blocked, activities disrupted

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Political Desk: The sit-in program demanding the appointment of BNP leader Ishraq Hossain as mayor is going on for the sixth day. As usual, Ishraq supporters have blocked the road in front of the city hall today. All activities and services of the city hall are closed. They gathered in groups in front of the city hall from different wards since 10 am on Tuesday. At one stage, the protesters sat on the road in solidarity with the slogans raised from the stage set up in front of the main…

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Farmer goes to police station with severed wrist, complaint against policeman

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Crime Desk: A policeman has been accused of cutting off a farmer’s wrist with a ramda in Sripur, Gazipur. The incident took place in Tantisuta village of Barmi union of the upazila on Tuesday morning. The victim farmer appeared at the police station with the severed wrist. The accused is named Amrit Biswas (40). He is the son of Ram Dulal Biswas of Tantisuta village and is working as a constable at Nagarpur police station in Tangail. Nagarpur police station confirmed that he went home to commit the incident after…

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