Banani

450-foot Bangla calligraphy transforms Banani's streets

Architect and artist Nazm Anwr created a 450-foot Bangla calligraphy installation in Banani, Dhaka, in two days, blending art, activism, and heritage to reconnect people with language and inspire reflection on public expression.

Banks shun old-time Motijheel for glitzy Gulshan

Motijheel is losing its historic lustre as Dhaka’s commercial hub, with Gulshan, among the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the capital, stealing its thunder.

Is Motijheel losing its glory as commercial hub?

Motijheel, once the pulsing heart of Dhaka’s trade and commerce, has become a shadow of its former self. Empty office floors now whisper tales of abandoned ambitions.

4 posh Dhaka city areas: sewers of 85pc houses lead to lakes, drains

Sewerage lines of 2,265 out of 3,830 houses in Dhaka's Gulshan, Baridhara, Niketan and Banani are connected to lakes and drains.

Banani businessman killing contract came from Europe: Cops

Police reveal dramatic lead into the murder of a businessman in Banani on November. They say is was a 'contract job' placed by 'former Chhatra Dal leader' currently based in Europe, and carried out by local killers.

City / The inequality of Dhaka's roads

Are all roads treated equally by them? Why was the initiative to improve roads, footpaths and drains in the upscale tri-state area prioritised by the incumbent Mayor and the DNCC in their first two years in office?

‘Rape’ in Banani: Ivan placed on 4-day remand

A Dhaka court places Bahauddin Ivan on a four-day remand in connection with a case filed for raping college student in Dhaka’s Banani area.

Fahim Munaim to be buried tomorrow

Eminent journalist Syed Fahim Munaim, who died yesterday, will be buried at Banani graveyard in the capital tomorrow.

No respite for Gulshan until 2017

If you visit Dhaka’s Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara areas nowadays, you will have to brace yourself for never-ending traffic, dust and mud. And there is always a risk that you may even fall into a ditch. The posh areas are now undergoing a development work including widespread road digging, which has led to this miserable situation.

April 17, 2016
April 17, 2016

Govt to help trace Ilias Ali, Fakhrul hopes

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses hope that the government would take steps immediately to trace missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali.

April 9, 2016
April 9, 2016

2 crushed under train in Banani

Two persons are crushed under the wheels of a train in Banani of Dhaka. The deceased – 45 and 50 years – died on the spot when they were crushed near Senamalacha in Banani by a Chittagong bound train from Kamalapur around 8:15am, police said.

March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016

10 injured in gas explosion

At least 10 people were injured early yesterday as a fire broke out from a gas explosion at a six-storey building in the capital's Banani

March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016

Banani building fire blamed on gas pipe leak

The fire at a Banani building in Dhaka that injured at least one person has been blamed on “a leak in the gas supply line” by owner and tenants.

February 17, 2016
February 17, 2016

East European among ATM frauds

Police claim to have identified a foreigner, an East European, in connection to the ATM forgery from close circuit camera footage of a booth.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

[WATCH] Tawa: Melt-in-your-mouth Kebab destination

Melt in your mouth kebabs, smooth well blended Palak Paneer with the customary pockets of paneer, all scooped with a warm fluffy naan—does this catch your fancy? Tawa - named after a skillet used to warm breads, chapatis and so on - in Banani has just this and many more all-time favorites on their menu.

January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016

JP to quit cabinet: GM Quader

Jatiya Party Presidium members decide to quit the cabinet, says the party’s newly appointed Co-chairman GM Quader.

January 24, 2016
January 24, 2016

Hearts of stone

The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.

January 23, 2016
January 23, 2016

The stone hearts

“It seemed to me that people in the cars do not have empathy for people. While they screamed at me, the pedestrians and poorer ones came to help. What will we do with this so-called education and social status?” Saif writes after the injured man whom three hospitals declined to treat died in his car.

January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016

Rajuk starts drive from Jan 18

Rajuk from January 18 is going to start a drive against buildings in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Gulshan and Banani areas that use their designated parking space for other purposes.