Uttara
Uttara: A city within a city
Before the 90s, Uttara offered little aside from open fields of green and waterlogged land.
Trucker responsible for injuring actress Ahona arrested
Police yesterday arrested the trucker responsible for injuring television and film actress Ahona Rahman Lucky following a scuffle with her at Uttara-7 in Dhaka on Wednesday.
5 ‘kidnappers’ arrested in Uttara, victim rescued
Law enforcers claim to have arrested five of a kidnapping gang from Kamarpara area of Dhaka’s Uttara area.
Lucky girl survives after falling off 6-storey building in Dhaka
In spite of falling off the roof-top of a six-storey building at Dhaka’s Uttara, a female house help fortunately manages to survive.
Body of private car driver recovered in Uttara
The body of a private car driver is recovered from Uttara Sector 10 on Dhaka-Ashulia road.
Fire fighters rescue a fox in Uttara
Fire service officials attending to an emergency call at national emergency helpline 999 rescue a hungry fox which intruded into the ground floor of a six-storey building in Dhaka’s Uttara, officials say.
2 more held over Uttara schoolboy killing
Police arrests two more youths for their alleged involvement in the killing of ninth-grader Adnan Kabir in a turf war in Uttara on January 6.
Group out to grab power illegally abandoned arms, ammo: DMP
A vested group, which wants to grab state power by creating anarchy, might have dumped firearms and ammunition in a canal in Dhaka’s Uttara area, police say.
32 more magazines found from Uttara canal
Police recovered 32 more magazines from a canal in Uttara during a further raid where a huge stash of arms and ammunition were recovered yesterday.
VAT protest on, key Dhaka roads blocked again
Students continue their protest against 7.5 percent VAT on private universities’ tuition fees and blocked some key roads in Dhaka again.
3 held for ‘attacking custom officials, snatching’
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrest three persons for their alleged involvement with beating up three custom officials and snatching goods from Cargo village at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on August 10.
2 'Hizb-ut Tahrir men' among 6 held in Dhaka
Detectives claimed to have detained six people including two members of the banned organisation Hizb-ut Tahrir from the capital’s Uttara and Mugda areas.
Traffic gridlock in Uttara
Traffic gridlock on airport road in Uttara area became acute due to heavy rain and pressure of the Dhaka-bound vehicles from different adjoining districts.
Girl gang-raped in Dhaka
A female worker is gang-raped allegedly by one of her colleagues and his two cohorts in Uttara area of Dhaka.
5 ‘human traffickers’ held, 9 victims rescued
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested five members of an international human-trafficking syndicate and seized 195 passports from their possession in Uttara of Dhaka.
5 kidnappers held, Tk 1.8cr seized at Banani
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrest five members of a gang of kidnappers from different areas at Uttara of Dhaka and recovered Tk 1.8 crore from their possession.
Salahuddin not found in Gaibandha
Law enforcement agencies remain in the dark about the whereabouts of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed who was claimed to have been arrested by plainclothes police from a residence of Uttara in Dhaka
BNP spokesman Salahuddin detained, claims wife
BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed has been picked up allegedly by law enforcers, claims his wife Hasina Ahmed.