Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital claim to have found a minor injury mark in head and throat of the housemaid who mysteriously died in Banasree area of Dhaka yesterday.

Dhaka is a paradox. The more we build assuming we are “developing,” the more we dig ourselves into an urban mess: Transportation is a chaos. Travelling is a nightmare. Khals vanish, and roads turn to khals. Public space is non-existent. Housing is in disarray.

A feeling of dread grips Masud Rana whenever he sees black clouds in Dhaka sky these days. The reason is obvious. A little rain means the same old story of misery, and it's hard to find a city dweller who doesn't share his fright. Streets, lanes and by-lanes get submerged, public transports thin out and traffic stands still even after a moderate rainfall.

The storm-water drainage system of Dhaka is in a shambles and the capital’s residents are reminded of that yet again after one and a half hours rain inundated many busy thoroughfares.

​Firefighters douse a fire that broke out at a jhut (scrap fabrics from garment factories) godown at Diyabari Beribadh in Dhaka’s Mirpur.

As the monsoon month Ashar comes to an end, Dhaka dwellers wake up to waterlogged roads, after the capital sees a record 103mm rain in the last 24hrs till 9:00am.

A police constable and his daughter die after a bus hit them in Demra area in Dhaka this evening.

Waterlogging in Dhaka has become a common problem during monsoon. Rainwater is carried through natural canals and large concrete pipes to flood plains and rivers, but as most of the canals have been grabbed by the encroachers or clogged with solid wastes, the city streets are submerged even after a little rain.

Probe did not find any major fault of the policemen at Banani police in connection to recording case of the twin rape incident, Dhaka’s police chief has said.

A 15-year-old girl is allegedly gang-raped inside a school in Jurain area of Dhaka.

Customs intelligence officials seize a luxury Mercedes, worth around Tk 2 crore, from Dhaka’s Mohakhali DOHS area.

Abahani Limited managed to beat Kalabagan Krira Chakra by six wickets with 118 balls remaining during the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match at BKSP’s No. 4 ground today.

Gazi Group Cricketers defeated Abahani Limited by 25 runs in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match at BKSP No. 3 Ground today.

A youth’s body is found on the rail tracks of Kuril in Dhaka city. The deceased was primarily identified as Rohan Hossain Billal, 22, from Bhola and a private car driver in Nikunja, family sources said.

A hawker is crushed under the wheels of an inter-district bus in Sayedabad bus terminal area of Dhaka.

It is now a different Tamim Iqbal that one gets to see in international cricket as the left-hander has adopted a much more composed approach.

The Supreme Court exonerates the Hazaribagh tannery owners from paying Tk 30.85 crore for damaging and polluting the environment.

A woman is killed after a bus runs over her in Airport area of Dhaka.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets aside protocol in a significant gesture to personally receive his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina after she reaches New Delhi on a four-day state visit to India.

The 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly begins in Dhaka focusing on taking decisive actions to end the rising social, political and economic inequalities.