Karwan Bazar

How Tanjin Tisha became a barber

After her father's passing, Bonnhi, a young college graduate, is abruptly mandated to take up his profession to support her family. She takes up scissors and razors in the village bazaar, riding her father’s old bicycle to take her late father’s spot as a barber. Initially, she fights an uphill battle as the villagers are reluctant to let her do the job. Although the villagers grow accustomed to her skills, her family still becomes the victim of chronic discrimination, eventually forcing them to leave the area. 

Karwan Bazar market relocation / Traders reluctant to move

Dhaka North City Corporation has been working for years to relocate the Karwan Bazar wholesale market, which many believe is a major cause of traffic congestion in Dhaka.

Man dies after being stabbed in Dhaka’s Panthapath

The deceased was identified as Md Faruk, 26, a resident of Karwan Bazar area

Reeling from the recent price hike

What I failed to realise is that the price hike is a constant thing, it is steadily increasing every month or rather every week it now seems, and never coming down actually.

Elderly man hit by train in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar dies

An elderly man died after being hit by a train in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area this morning.

Man crushed under wheels of train at Karwan Bazar

A man is crushed under the wheels of a train at Karwan Bazar in capital Dhaka.

Onion price slightly down, but still high

Onion prices have come down a little but are still way too high.

Sonargaon Crossing: Where traffic law is broken every moment

Police have put up signs warning buses of punishment for stopping near the roundabout at Sonargaon intersection in the capital's Karwan Bazar.

Attack on Khaleda's Motorcade in 2015 / Probe fails to find AL men!

The police probe into the 2015 attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's motorcade in the city's Karwan Bazar has failed to identify any of the attackers though photographs of many of them were published in the media. The BNP chief's convoy came under attack during a campaign for city corporation election in April. Two and a half years later, her motorcade was attacked twice within only four days this week in Feni.

May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016

Call to protect Nazrul’s memorials

Artists call upon the government to protect all the memorials of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam across the country. They form a human chain in front of Saarc Fountain at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka today, ahead of the 117th birthday of the rebel poet.

May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016

Fire at Karwan Bazar

On May 1, a fire completely destroyed 186 shops in Karwan Bazar, causing irrevocable loss to the shopkeepers.

May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016

Karwan Bazar wholesale market to be shifted: Annisul

Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Huq expresses hope that the wholesale market of Karwan Bazar would be shifted to Jatrabari and Gabtoli within few months.

May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016

Probe body formed over Karwan Bazar fire

Fire service has launched a four-member investigation panel into last night's blaze at Karwan Bazar that gutted over 180 shops in capital Dhaka’s largest retail kitchen market.

May 1, 2016
May 1, 2016

Karwan Bazar blaze tamed after 2 hours

After two hours of frantic efforts and reinforcement, fire fighters have managed to control the deadly blaze that broke out in Dhaka's largest kitchen market Karwan Bazar.

April 5, 2016
April 5, 2016

Rajuk in eviction drive at Karwan Bazar amid protest

Dhaka’s development authority is on an eviction drive in capital’s biggest kitchen market Karwan Bazar. Businessmen have grouped in protest against the drive.

February 29, 2016
February 29, 2016

Karwan Bazar car parking space cleared

The authorities of Dhaka North City Corporation in an eviction drive yesterday recovered Karwan Bazar car park from decades-old illegal occupation.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

Student-cop scuffle at Karwan Bazar

A scuffle between police and a group of Dhaka University students takes place at Karwan Bazar intersection in Dhaka.

June 18, 2015
June 18, 2015

Eviction drive at Karwan Bazar

About a hundred makeshift shops are evicted in a drive at Karwan Bazar kitchen market in Dhaka Thursday ahead of the start of Ramadan month.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

Sundarban Hotel risky, vacated fearing collapse

Sundarban Hotel in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar is evacuated fearing collapse after a boundary wall caved in because of an adjacent under-construction site.