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 6, 2015
May 6, 2015

Beat the heat with summer fruits (Video)

Summer is the first among the six seasons of Bangladesh. It brings down sweltering heat and many water-borne diseases on the people. But nature has its subtle ways of keeping things at the balance – it offers the juicy and nutritious fruits to beat the heat and diseases in summer.

April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015

Attack on Khaleda’s motorcade: AL leader sues BNP men

An Awami League leader files a case while a BNP leader lodges a complaint blaming each other in connection with the attack during BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s election campaign at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka.

April 5, 2015
April 5, 2015

Again, mass Hilsa fry seized at Karwan Bazar

Barely a week into a drive that led to seizure of about 7,500kg of Hilsa fry from Karwan Bazar, a huge cache of the baby fish has been seized from the wholesale kitchen market

March 31, 2015
March 31, 2015

7,500kg jatka seized at Karwan Bazar

Rapid Action Battalion seizes 7,500 kg of jatka and fined 11 people Tk 5000 each for selling those at Karwan Bazar wholesale fish market in Dhaka, Rab sources say.

March 7, 2015
March 7, 2015

14 hurt in Dhaka crude bomb blasts

At least 14 people, including a policeman, injure in separate crude bomb explosions in Dhaka

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