Sadeque Hossain Khoka, a valiant freedom fighter, is laid to rest at Jurain Graveyard following the last funeral prayer.

The body of freedom fighters and former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka is expected to arrive in Bangladesh from US on Thursday morning.

Former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka died while undergoing treatment for cancer at a New York hospital.

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) files a case against former Dhaka City Corporation Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka for allocating 138 shops of 10 markets illegally.

While many Bangladeshis recognise the environmental menace of littering, a national wake-up campaign, actively championed by the national leadership, would be far more effective than the occasional focus on the issue by the media.

Dhaka City Corpor-ation has been divided into two halves, but each one of its problems remain the same, if not worse.

Garbage management to be on the top priority list on the recently-elected mayors of Dhaka north and south city corporations who have announced to make Dhaka a clean place in the next six months.

Dhaka north and south city mayors blast the National Bank Limited authorities and ask them to clear the roads around Sundarban Hotel by Sunday.

Dhaka city will be cleaned within next year through proper waste management systems, the two newly elected mayors of Dhaka city corporations say.

In view of the freshly concluded dodgy mayor elections in Bangladesh, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for probe into those allegations.

Supporters of Awami League-backed mayoral and councilor candidates stuffed ballot boxes indiscriminately driving out poling agents of BNP-backed candidates from a polling booth at Kamalapur Sher-e Bangla Railway High School Centre-1 today.

A total of 244 nominations of councillor aspirants in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections has been cancelled by the returning officers after scrutiny.

Ten mayor aspirants submit their nomination papers to contest the Dhaka north and south city corporation polls today, the last day for submitting nomination papers

A mayor aspirant in Dhaka alleges that PM Sheikh Hasina acted against level-playing field in the upcoming city corporation polls by introducing ruling Awami League-backed mayor aspirants

Mayor aspirants BNP leaders Abdul Awal Mintoo and Abdus Salam and former Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony collect nomination forms for contesting the upcoming Dhaka city corporation elections

Haji Mohammad Salim is likely to step aside from mayoral race in the upcoming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections upon advice from the Awami League high command.

Eminent businessman Annisul Huq collects nomination form for the Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral race scheduled for April 28

WITH the Dhaka City Corporation polls schedule just announced, the mayoral and councillor aspirants have come out with a flurry of pledges, which, if implemented, will give Dhaka a dazzling look.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed her positive attitude about taking part in the upcoming elections to the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations. “Khaleda Zia did not tell anything negative to us about the three city corporation elections.

Election Commission almost completes preparatory work for bifurcated Dhaka city corporation polls, says EC Commissioner Mohammad Shahnewaz .