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Dhanmondi high-rise fire, woman climbs down pipe to escape
Panic spread after a fire broke out in a multi-storey building in the capital's Dhanmondi area 27. The fire service received the report of the fire at 5:50pm on Wednesday (June 10). Two units reached the spot and started working and brought the fire under control at 6:42pm.
Man crushed to death between two buses in Chankharpul
A 40-year-old pharmaceutical company employee was tragically killed after being crushed between two competing buses in the capital’s Chankharpul area on Wednesday afternoon. Following the incident, agitated locals managed to detain both vehicles involved in the accident.
Fire breaks out at multi-storey building in Dhanmondi, two fire service units working to douse blaze
A fire broke out at a multi-storey building in the Dhanmondi-27 area of the capital. The fire started around 5:50 pm on Wednesday, June 10, in a room on the roof of a five-storey building on Sat Masjid Road.
Three including woman fined, jailed for assaulting traffic police at Karwan Bazar
Three individuals, including a woman, have been sentenced for assaulting a traffic police constable and damaging his mobile phone at the Hotel Sonargaon signal in Karwan Bazar, capital. The convicts are Afia Konok, an official of Guest Group, and two security personnel of the establishment, Md Shamsuzzaman and Raju Ahmed. The Special Metropolitan Magistrate Court of DMP's Tejgaon division handed down the sentences.
Garment workers stage protest in Rampura over five-point demands
Hundreds of garment workers blocked a key Dhaka road for over an hour on Monday afternoon (June 8), protesting the abrupt dismissal of 147 colleagues without notice or dues by a readymade garment factory in the capital.
Businessman shot, Tk 17 lakh snatched in Motijheel
A money exchange businessman was shot and robbed of Tk 17 lakh in Motijheel, capital, on Sunday afternoon, June 7. The incident took place around 3:15 pm in front of Janata Bank.
Dhaka Medical College interns go on indefinite strike over six demands
Intern doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital have declared an indefinite work abstention starting from Sunday morning, June 7, pressing six demands. The announcement was made in an emergency notice issued by the Dhaka Medical College Hospital Intern Doctors Society on Saturday night, June 6.
Metro rail to run on new schedule from today
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has taken initiatives to expand passenger services, including changes to train schedules and a 20-minute extension of operating hours in both directions. The new schedule comes into effect from Sunday, June 7.
Father dies from burns in gas cylinder explosion, wife and daughter in ICU
Ali Hossain, 50, who was burnt in a gas cylinder explosion in Northkhan, capital, has died while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Sunday morning, June 7.
DMP continues anti-crime drive in Tejgaon division, 52 held
Fifty-two individuals involved in various crimes have been arrested in an operation conducted by the Tejgaon division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The matter was confirmed by the DMP media wing on Sunday, June 7.