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Hasnat attack: Police detain 54 suspects in overnight drives

Dhaka, May 5 -- Police have detained 54 people in connection with an attack on the car of the Chief Organiser of the National Citizen Party's (NCP) South unit Hasnat Abdullah, who was left bloodied in... Read More


Fire guts 20 fabric waste warehouses, yarn factory in Gazipur in two hours

Dhaka, May 3 -- A fire that broke out at a "jhut", or waste fabric warehouse in Gazipur's Konabari has been brought under control after burning through around 20 small and large jhut storage units and... Read More


Fabric scrap factory in Gazipur catches fire, spreads to nearby buildings

Dhaka, May 3 -- A "jhut", or waste fabric warehouse in Gazipur has caught on fire, spreading to nearby residential buildings. Six units of the Fire Service were deployed to bring the fire under contr... Read More


Mother arrested after siblings, aged 6 and 4, found murdered in Tongi flat

Dhaka, April 19 -- Police have arrested a woman on suspicion of killing her two young children at a rented flat in Gazipur's Tongi. Aleya Begum, 30, was taken into custody on Friday night, Gazipur Me... Read More


Bloodied bodies of brother, sister found in Tongi flat

Dhaka, April 18 -- Police have recovered the blood-soaked bodies of two children who were siblings from a flat at a multi-storey building in Gazipur's Tongi. The victims, Maliha, 6, and Abdullah, 4, ... Read More


'Bad influence on society': Mosque committee, locals block theatre performance in Gazipur's Kapasia

Dhaka, April 4 -- Members of a mosque committee and other local residents have blocked a theatrical performance in Gazipur's Kapasia Upazila. A performance of a play titled "Apon Dulal" was scheduled... Read More


Train locomotive catches fire in Gazipur, disrupting Dhaka-Mymensingh rail service

Dhaka, April 3 -- Rail service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route has been disrupted after a fire broke out on the Mohua Commuter Train's power carriage in Gazipur's Sreepur. The district's Fire Service D... Read More


Dhaka-Mymensingh rail service resumes 2 hours after train's power car catches fire

Dhaka, April 3 -- Rail service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route has resumed two hours after a fire broke out on the Mohua Commuter Train's power carriage in Gazipur's Sreepur on Thursday. Sreepur Statio... Read More


Garment workers block highway in Gazipur over pre-Eid layoffs

Dhaka, March 29 -- Hundreds of laid-off garment workers have blocked the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Gazipur's Konabari in protest, disrupting the journeys of homebound travellers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fit... Read More


Traffic builds up on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway as Eid exodus gains traction

Dhaka, March 28 -- People have started to head back to their village homes to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr holidays with their families. The onset of the perennial Eid exodus is marked by the in... Read More