Amid resistance from environmentalists and locals, the government has withdrawn the decision to construct Kalabagan Police Station on Tetultala playground -- at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s instruction.

Nineteen eminent citizens today (April 25, 2022) protested the detention of Syeda Ratna, a community leader trying to save the Tentultala playground and her 17-year-old son.

Environmental organisations today demanded that the government withdraw the decision of constructing Kalabagan police station building on Tetultala playground and keep it open for all.

Kalabagan police today picked up Syeda Ratna, who has been leading protests to save Tetultola playground in Dhaka, along with her son Mohammad Isha Abdullah this morning.

Sundarban Hotel in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar is evacuated fearing collapse after a boundary wall caved in because of an adjacent under-construction site.