Autorickshaw drivers lift blockade on police assurance, Mohammadpur-Bosila road reopens after one and a half hours
Traffic has resumed on the Mohammadpur-Bosila road after it remained closed for about one and a half hours. The drivers left the road after police gave them assurances regarding their demands. Following the withdrawal of the blockade, vehicles are now…
Crowds throng both banks of the river: two-day boat race in ward 75 of Dhaka south
A two-day boat race competition has been held in a festive atmosphere in ward No 75 of Dhaka Metropolitan South in the capital. The competition was organised under the leadership of Niamat Ali, convener of ward No 75 Jubo Dal. The chief guest of the…
Kolkata tops air pollution list, Dhaka sixth with a score of 166
Air pollution levels in cities around the world keep rising day by day. Against this backdrop, Kolkata in India has risen to the top in air pollution among 126 countries of the world, while the capital Dhaka is in sixth position on the list. According to…
Exam suspended over question leak allegation: job seekers block roads, demand director general’s resignation
Angry examinees staged protests at various centres in the capital at the news that the recruitment examination for the post of assistant upazila youth development officer of the Department of Youth Development had been suspended. They had come to the…
Ink smeared on graffiti on wall in front of Shilpakala: Two including A N M Ayas detained at Shahbagh Police Station
Police have detained two people, including Rashtra Sanglap Forum president A N M Ayas. The allegation against them is that they smeared ink on the graffiti of writers and filmmakers of West Bengal, including Rabindranath Tagore, painted on the wall in…
Gopalganj’s Sunirmal has made over a hundred local musical instruments by hand, quietly safeguarding folk instruments
The small room of Sunirmal Das Bapi, a young man from Gandiasur village in Boultali union of Gopalganj Sadar upazila, is like a living museum of Bengal’s folk culture. Musical instruments are arranged in rows on the floor: a dotara here, an ektara…
Fishing with permanent dam on Kumar river: illegal structure removed in administration drive in Kashiani
The administration has removed a structure for catching fish illegally by building a permanent dam on the Kumar river. The drive was conducted on Friday (9 October) afternoon in that part of the river at Balugram Dakshinpara village in Maheshkhali union…
Tax Lawyers Association gets new 31-member committee led by Ramizuddin Ahmed and Mazam Ali Khan
A new executive committee of the Bangladesh Tax Lawyers Association (BTLA) has been formed with Ramizuddin Ahmed elected president and Md Mazam Ali Khan secretary general. The committee’s term is 2026-29. The 39th general meeting of the BTLA was…
528 arrested in capital in DMP’s one-day drive, 53 cases filed
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 528 people in drives in the capital in the last 24 hours. During this time, 53 cases were filed. Md Aktar Hossain, deputy commissioner of DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division, gave this information…
Thursday today: Which areas and markets in the capital are closed
Markets and shops in different areas of the capital remain closed on different days of the week. Often, after reaching the destination, one finds that the shops and markets of that area are closed that day. So, before going out, find out which…