DNCC
Waste bins wasted
A picture published in this paper yesterday showed a dismal state of a good idea gone wrong. The hundreds of waste bins that were set up all over the city as part of the Clean Dhaka campaign by the DNCC and DSCC mayors for better garbage management in the city was without a doubt a good idea which had the potential to make our city cleaner.
1 July 2017
Only a few community rickshaws in Gulshan-Banani
Dhaka North City Corporation introduces ‘community rickshaw’ services aiming much publicity, however only a few were seen plying on the streets of Niketon area today.
11 August 2016
Gulshan to get new rickshaw, bus services
Around a dozen air-conditioned (AC) buses and 500 special rickshaws hit the streets of the capitals' Gulshan and Banani areas today.
9 August 2016
DNCC app for better city services
To lodge a complaint about a dilapidated road or a broken lamp post or any other city service is a hectic affairs as it requires one to go through the labyrinth of the manual complaint system.
3 August 2016
DNCC launches mobile app for quality services
With a view to ensuring quality service and enhancing security to the dwellers within short time, authorities of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) inaugurate a mobile application, “Nagor”.
2 August 2016
Dhaka mayors get minister status
The two mayors of Dhaka city corporations are awarded the status of full minister, the mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation is given the status of deputy minister, according to a gazette notification.
21 June 2016
Dhaka's crippling gridlock
Those on the road yesterday experienced firsthand the agony of Dhaka's traffic gridlock, this time caused by a DNCC event and a procession of the education ministry.
26 May 2016
No respite for Gulshan until 2017
If you visit Dhaka’s Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara areas nowadays, you will have to brace yourself for never-ending traffic, dust and mud. And there is always a risk that you may even fall into a ditch. The posh areas are now undergoing a development work including widespread road digging, which has led to this miserable situation.
19 May 2016
Plan to double size of Dhaka city okayed
The authorities approve a proposal to double the size of Dhaka city by adding eight more unions to both the north and south city corporations.
9 May 2016
Govt to double size of Dhaka city area
The government is going to more than double the area of the two Dhaka city corporations through inclusion of 16 nearby unions, said
6 May 2016
Karwan Bazar fire: Probe report in 2 weeks
The fire service yesterday started a probe into the Karwan Bazar fire that gutted 186 shops on May Day.
2 May 2016
Karwan Bazar car parking space cleared
The authorities of Dhaka North City Corporation in an eviction drive yesterday recovered Karwan Bazar car park from decades-old illegal occupation.
28 February 2016
HC seeks reports on Dhaka city waste management
The High Court directs authorities concerned to submit reports in three months on the steps taken for waste management in Dhaka north and south city corporation areas.
10 February 2016
5 companies to run city buses
To improve the public transport system in the capital, the Dhaka North City Corporation will facilitate the introduction of 3,000 new
23 January 2016
Bring Wasa, Rajuk under DCCs
Mayor Annisul Huq wants Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations to get rid of the city's waterlogging problem.
20 January 2016
A clean Dhaka
We commend and endorse the “Clean Dhaka 2016” campaign launched by the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation who has pledged to set up...
3 January 2016
Don’t use own photo in party posters, banners: AL
Ruling Awami League directs its activists to avoid using photographs except those of Sheikh Hasina and Bangabandhu during political publicity.
15 December 2015
Eviction turns violent, cops fire on Tejgaon truckers
Police open fire on transport workers injuring one person after an eviction drive at the Tejgaon truck stand turned violent. Several journalists hurt as transport workers come down to the streets blocking Satrasta intersection.
29 November 2015
Dhaka cleaned in 27hrs: Annisul
Dhaka is cleaned of wastes from the sacrificial animals within 27 hours, North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Haque claims.
27 September 2015
Billboards or death traps?
The picture of a billboard dislodged from the top of a building in Dhaka that was published in our paper yesterday must have shocked many.
27 July 2015