Staff Reporter, The Daily Star
The government is set to bring battery-powered rickshaws under a new regulatory framework in an effort to streamline their operations and enforce a court directive.
With her seven-year-old daughter, Mariam Begum, 32, was heading to school on a rickshaw along the road adjacent to the water pump at Ashkona in the capital’s Uttara.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star on Thursday afternoon, Ishraque talked about some of the issues regarding the legality of the mayoral post, his stance over the matter, his current strife with the government, and the ongoing situation surrounding the Nagar Bhaban
Dhaka South City Corporation has remained effectively crippled for around 40 days due to a contested mayoral claim by BNP leader Ishraque Hossain and the government’s apparent mishandling of the matter.
However, the state-run agency claims the water is of standard quality when it leaves their facilities
BNP leader Ishraque Hossain has begun discharging duties as the “self-declared” mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), despite not having taken an oath of office.
More than a month has passed since Nagar Bhaban, the headquarters of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), was locked down amid protests by supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain, who is demanding to be sworn in as DSCC mayor following a court verdict.
The familiar city now appears in an unfamiliar form—no traffic jams, no honking, no packed footpaths
Just 11 days after a blaze ripped through the Bangabazar shopping complex, another one yesterday gutted Dhaka New Super Market, causing losses to businesses and traders.
The fire at Bangabazar Shopping Complex and adjacent markets burnt down 3,845 shops and caused an estimated loss of Tk 303 crore, said the probe committee of Dhaka South City Corporation.
Investigators of Dhaka South City Corporation suspect a burning cigarette or a mosquito repellent coil caused the devastating fire at Bangabazar Shopping Complex in the capital.
Bangabazar shop owners are looking forward to today’s meeting between their association and the city corporation in which decisions will be made about how the shop owners will run their businesses in a makeshift arrangement before Eid.
Smoke rises from burnt market on fifth day
Traders of the burnt-down Bangabazar Shopping Complex will erect makeshift shops on the ground to resume their business ahead of Eid.
A six-year-old city corporation initiative to build a 10-storey shopping mall at Bangabazar never saw the light of day because of disagreements between the shop owners and the corporation.
They invested the money they had and the money they could borrow in the hope of good business ahead of Eid but within a few hours yesterday, they lost everything.
A massive fire ripped through the capital’s Bangabazar Shopping Complex yesterday, burning down at least 2,931 shops full of clothes and ruining the livelihood of several thousand traders just weeks before Eid.
Many people from nearby markets were also seen taking their belongings out of the area, with everyone occupying the street with their possessions