Aklakur Rahman Akash

Nafisa’s HSC result the last memory left with her mother

When the HSC results were published yesterday, Kulsum Begum, mother of 17-year-old Nafisa Hossin Marwa, found out that her daughter had secured GPA 4.25

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Most RMG units return to normalcy

Normalcy returned to most factories on the outskirts of Dhaka as labour unrest eased and most workers returned to their factories yesterday. .Garment factories in the Ashulia, Zirabo and Zirani areas have been reopening since Sunday..Of the 407 garment factories in these areas, 392

4m ago

Death of a garments worker in Ashulia: How it happened

But for Rokeya Begum and her family, things will never get back to normal

4m ago

No steps taken over vandalism of two shrines in Dhamrai

The shrines of Buchai Pagla and Barkat Ma, located in Dhamrai upazila within Dhaka district, were vandalised last week, but police and the administration are yet to take any action regarding these incidents.

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No steps taken over vandalism of two shrines in Dhamrai

On Wednesday, over 500 people gathered at the Buchai Paglar Mazar (shrine of Buchai Pagla) in the Batulia area of Sanora union in Dhamrai, and vandalised it

4m ago

Unrest hits industries

Workers from different sectors continued their demonstrations in Ashulia, Savar, Dhamrai, and Gazipur yesterday demanding equal rights in jobs, increase in salaries, and regularisation of contractual workers.

5m ago

Workers unrest: Production shuts at 10 RMG, 20 pharma units

Amid workers’ demonstrations for better pay, regularisation, and two-day weekend, production at some 10 garment and 20 pharmaceutical factories stopped on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday and yesterday.

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Viral video of August 5: Policemen seen piling up bodies on van

A grisly video of several partially covered bloodstained bodies on a van with some policemen standing by has gone viral on social media, raising questions about possible disrespectful handling of bodies of quota movement victims.

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October 17, 2021
October 17, 2021

As our rivers lie dying

Two major riverbanks on the capital’s outskirts remain at the mercy of illegal encroachers, and the only action the government has taken over the last decade is preparing lists of the grabbers,  without taking any action against them.

October 15, 2021
October 15, 2021

Savar’s Swanirvor Dhamsona UP sets unique example

Lovely Begum of Nolam Borotek area under Swanirvor Dhamsona Union Parishad in Savar, used to cook meals for her five-member family in a traditional stove fueled by firewood.

October 14, 2021
October 14, 2021

Terminal turmoil on Savar road

Savar’s Namabazar Road is a busy place. Every day, people from at least 20 areas of Dhamrai upazila and Savar municipality use the road, which connects to different points of Dhaka-Aricha highway and Savar-Singair regional highway.

October 10, 2021
October 10, 2021

Freedom fighters yet to get Muktijoddha Complex in Savar

In 2012, the government took up the initiative for a Tk 1,223 crore project to build multi-storied Upazila Muktijoddha Complexes across 470 upazilas.

October 8, 2021
October 8, 2021

The trifecta of disaster

The Nabinagar-Chandra highway is one of the busiest highways in the country. But with result of indiscriminate garbage dumping along Ashulia’s Palli Bidyut to Baroipara area, the area has become hazardous for both traffic movement, commuters, and locals.

October 5, 2021
October 5, 2021

The tale of a missing pond

What looks like a garbage dumping ground near the Savar Bazar Bus Stand actually used to be a pond, though this might be hard to believe now.

September 16, 2021
September 16, 2021

Where did the money go?

A case document centring two people, who were arrested over drug peddling, has raised questions, due to the discrepancy between accounts of police officials and witnesses.

September 8, 2021
September 8, 2021

The curious case of a submerged road

If you are a regular commuter of the Tongi-Ashulia-DEPZ road, you must have had the experience of being stuck in heavy traffic for two or even three hours.

September 6, 2021
September 6, 2021

‘We are nobody’s priority’

In absence of any systematic plan from the government or the BGMEA, an overwhelming majority of workers in Ashulia and Savar industrial belt are yet to be registered for Covid-19 vaccines.

August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021

People suffer for delay in bridge work

Thousands of residents in Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila have been facing immense problems due to delay in construction work of a bridge on Bangshi river.