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Primary teacher candidates stage sit-in at Shahbagh over appointment letters
Candidates recommended for government primary school assistant teacher posts but yet to receive appointment letters staged a sit-in at Shahbagh in Dhaka on Sunday (September 27), demanding their appointments.
Dhaka College, Ideal College students clash near Science Lab
Students of Dhaka College and Dhanmondi Ideal College clashed near Science Lab in the capital on Sunday afternoon (September 27), disrupting traffic and prompting the deployment of additional police.
Doctor dies of dengue before taking charge at hospital’s dengue unit
A doctor at Mugda Medical College Hospital has died of dengue, just a day before she was due to take charge at the hospital’s dengue unit.
Shah Ali OC withdrawn amid probe into Mirpur health centre attack
The officer-in-charge (OC) of Shah Ali Police Station in Dhaka has been withdrawn amid scrutiny over alleged police negligence during an overnight attack, looting and demolition at the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur.
Salman Muqtadir’s Brownfish Studio attacked, vandalised in ECB area
Content creator Salman Muqtadir’s Brownfish Studio in Dhaka’s ECB Chattar area was attacked and vandalised on Saturday night, with studio equipment, CCTV cameras and furniture damaged and some items reportedly looted.
Nine arrested over Mirpur health centre attack, two truckloads of loot recovered
Police have arrested nine people in connection with the attack, looting and demolition of the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Dhaka’s Mirpur-1, while goods stolen from the health facility have been recovered in two truckloads, Dhaka Metropolitan Police said on Sunday (September 27).
Youth held for waving knife in Dhaka's Banani
Police detained a young man at Banani in Dhaka on Saturday (September 26) after he allegedly brandished a knife on the street and created panic, police said.
Fire at 26-storey building in Banani, brought under control in 1.5 hours
Fire has broken out on the 23rd floor of a multi-storey building in Banani of Dhaka. This fire broke out at the office of a buying house of the 26-storey building named Ahmed Tower in the afternoon on Saturday. Later two units of the Fire Service extinguished the fire in the effort of about 14 minutes.
Allegation of attack-vandalism on office in Mohammadpur, looting of money and equipment
Joynal Abedin has given a written complaint at the police station alleging attack, vandalism and looting in an attempt to grab land at an office in Chand Udyan Housing of Beribadh area in Mohammadpur of the capital. The incident took place on Saturday morning.
Vaccination under open sky after health centre demolished, suffering
Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur-1 of the capital has been reduced to rubble, and a day later children are being vaccinated under the open sky by erecting tarpaulins beside the road. The regular vaccination programme for children including measles has been started by placing tables and chairs outside the health centre from 10:30am on Saturday. As a result, children who came for vaccination, their mothers and health workers have all faced hardship.