Dipan Nandy

I had to pause for a moment and take the phone out of my pocket. Right beside me were Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. On the other side stood legends Pelé and Diego Maradona. Hamza Choudhury of Bangladesh, with his distinctive curly hair, was there too.

Ad-din Medical College Hospital, which came under scrutiny following the deaths of six newborns last week, had not renewed its fire safety licence since 2023 and had no fire-safety plan in place, fire service officials said.

Although authorities promised a swift cleanup of sacrificial waste during Eid-ul-Azha, many Dhaka residents faced significant inconvenience before the capital was eventually cleaned.

On Eid day, State Minister for LGRD Mir Shah Alam said all sacrificial waste across the capital would be removed by yesterday 2:00am.

Residents question city corporations’ claims as workers continue removal efforts

Dhaka’s two city corporations have chalked out special preparations for swift removal of sacrificial animal wastes from the capital during Eid-ul-Azha.

The search committee to form a new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is unlikely to be constituted before the Eid holidays.

Confusion has emerged over the identity of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Memorial Park in Gulshan, Dhaka, after five new signboards reading “Gulshan Central Park and Sports Complex” were installed there.