DHAKA: A female garment worker was killed in a road accident this morning (March 10) on Banani Chairmanbari road, triggering protests by fellow workers that have caused severe traffic disruptions in the area.

Commuters in Dhaka are suffering due to heavy traffic on most routes while going to their workplaces this morning (10 March), after readymade garment workers blocked all roads around the Banani Chairman House,

Hundreds of people staged a protest in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Sunday (March 9) as they sought justice for an eight-year-old who was allegedly raped.

For the past 2–3 weeks palls of toxic smoke, billowing from the Matuail landfill, have been spreading over a large part of southern Dhaka, choking the residents of many neighbourhoods, including Matuail,

Over thousand operatives of the outfit brought out the procession as part of the 'March for Khilafat' programme after the end of Friday prayers

Environmentalists are protesting the construction at Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel, claiming it harms the environment by damaging water bodies in Hatirjheel and cutting down trees in Panthakunja Par

Students of Dhaka University have staged march carrying sticks in protest against the continued incidents of sexual violence, including the recent rape of a child in Magura. The march began at 3pm on Sunday from the Raju Memorial Sculpture and moved through the VC Chattar, Nilkhet, Katabon, and Shahbagh before returning to the starting point.

After a brief rally, the agitating students moved to the Dairy Gate and blocked the Dhaka- Aricha highway for 35 minutes from 10:55 pm to 11:30pm, disrupting traffic on both sides

Six members of a family were severely burnt in an explosion caused by a gas leak at a house in Chandpur early Sunday. The incident occurred on the 4th floor of a building owned by Rustam Bepari in the Koralia Road area of the district.

Directed by French playwright Zazie Hayoun Jazzy, “Song of Hawkers” focuses on the daily lives of Dhaka's hawkers through three light-hearted stories—“The Secret”, “The Thief Rewarded”, and “The Competition”.

Some of the students who took part in last year’s uprising that ousted the nation’s autocratic leader are leaving the interim government to start a political party.