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.
Another etymology that somewhat resonates with the aforementioned one is that Motijheel was the name of a canal or rivulet that flowed in or around the area; then, the label was referred to a particular pond, and eventually, an overall locality adopted the name.
Bangladesh’s telecom authority says they will keep landlines and internet off in Dhaka’s commercial hub Motijheel from June 8-11.
The fire that broke out at the ninth floor of the Janata Tower at Motijheel in the capital was brought under control this morning.
In sequel to yesterday, shop owners of Dhaka Trade Centre mall and hawkers have clashed again in capital’s Gulistan area. At least 50 including a top police official have been hurt. About 150 have been detained.
Dhaka South City Corporation has evicted 30 out of 134 illegal shops at AGB colony in the Dhaka’s Motijheel area.
BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury has been shown arrested in two arson cases filed with Motijheel and Lalbagh police stations in January last year.
A Dhaka court orders a judicial enquiry into an extortion case filed against a sergeant of Motijheel traffic (East Zone).
On this day three years ago, the Hefajat-e Islam men got locked in deadly clashes with law enforcers and the ruling Awami League men in Dhaka and turned the whole business district of Motijheel into a battlefield.
An alleged drug peddler is killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion at Motijheel in Dhaka.
A staff of a Dhaka-based national daily’s printing press was killed early today when a newspaper-carrying vehicle he was travelling in turned turtle in Dhaka’s Motijheel area
A fire breaks out at a seven-stored commercial building at Motijheel in Dhaka
Police today recovered the body of a woman in five pieces on Culvert road at Motijheel in Dhaka.
