Category: Dhaka

Compensation being paid to three rickshaw drivers who were crushed: DNCC administrator

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DeskReport A drive has been launched against illegal battery-powered rickshaws on the main roads of Dhaka. Several rickshaws were crushed by cranes during the drive on Tuesday (May 13). However, DNCC Administrator Mohammad Ejaz said that the drivers of the three rickshaws that were crushed will be compensated. He made the announcement in a Facebook post on Tuesday night. In the post, DNCC Administrator Mohammad Ejaz said, “The three rickshaws whose rickshaws were broken today (Tuesday) are being compensated. The three rickshaws were broken because they did not come to…

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DU student stabbed to death in Suhrawardy Udyan

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DeskReport A Dhaka University student was stabbed to death in Suhrawardy Udyan. The deceased, Shahriar Alam, was a student of the 2018-19 academic year at the Samya Institute of Education and Research. He is the literature and publications secretary of the Sir A.F. Rahman Hall branch of the Bangladesh Chhatra Dal. Samya was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital by his classmates at 12:15 am on Tuesday. Doctors declared him dead. His body has been kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy. Quoting a doctor,…

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Body of child found in garbage dump in Tejgaon, neck injury marks

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Desk Report Police have recovered the body of a child wrapped in a sack from a pile of garbage in Tejkunipara, Tejgaon, in the capital. The child had injury marks on her neck. The body was recovered on Tuesday morning. The child’s name is Roja Moni (5). She is the daughter of Noor-e-Alam, an expatriate from Monirampur village in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi. She was the sixth among five sisters and two brothers. Roja Moni had been missing since Monday. She lived with her family in a rented house in…

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Advance ticket sales for Eid train journey begin on May 21, 10 special trains will run

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Desk Report Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance tickets from May 21 on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Advance tickets for May 31 will be issued on this day. 10 special trains will run on different routes to transport additional passengers during Eid. In addition, 3 cattle special trains will run to transport sacrificial animals. Advisor Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan gave this information after the Eid-ul-Azha preparatory meeting of the Ministry of Roads and Railways at the Bidyut Bhaban on Monday morning, May 12. It was informed at the…

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7 lakh illegal vehicles on the road

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Dhaka Desk: 7 lakh illegal vehicles on  To drive on the road, a vehicle must have a valid registration, fitness, route permit and tax certificate. There are about 6.344 million vehicles of 20 classes registered with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) across the country. Of these, about 6.65 million vehicles do not have registration and updated fitness certificates, route permits and tax tokens. Therefore, this large number of vehicles plying on the road constantly is illegal. BRTA says that the calculation is up to April 15 of this year. Apart…

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