Renowned artist and national award winning director Khalid Mahmood Mithu, dies in a tragic accident as a tree fell on him at Dhanmondi area in Dhaka.

An elderly woman dies from panic as a fire broke out at a 12-storey building in the city’s Dhanmondi area.

Rajuk on the fifth day of its ongoing eviction drive yesterday recovered basement parking spaces knocking down illegal commercial structures at a number of buildings in Dhanmondi, Gulshan and Uttara in the capital.

The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.

Rajuk yesterday reclaimed basement parking spaces of a handful of buildings in Gulshan, Dhanmondi, and Uttara and sealed off illegal commercial set ups there during mobile court eviction drives.

Rajuk from January 18 is going to start a drive against buildings in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Gulshan and Banani areas that use their designated parking space for other purposes.

15 geckoes, lizard like creatures locally known as ‘Takshak’, are seized from a house in Dhanmondi of Dhaka this afternoon.

Students continue their protest against 7.5 percent VAT on private universities’ tuition fees and blocked some key roads in Dhaka again.

Agitating private university students have blockaded Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar in continued demonstration against the 7.5 percent VAT.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at the portrait of the great leader in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi road No. 32 this morning, marking National Mourning Day.

Newly appointed Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam tells reporters that he will work to stop human trafficking.

Indian PM Modi visits National Memorial at Savar, Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi where he pays tribute to war heroes and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

A man die after a lift at a residential building collapses at Dhanmondi-15 in Dhaka.

A fire breaks out at a residential building at Dhanmondi in Dhaka

Two people suffer bullet wounds when police open fire in two separate incidents in Dhaka