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Nuisance by hijras on the rise

Nuisance created by hijras, recognised as the 'third gender' in 2013, in public places across the country has witnessed a sharp rise in recent times.Their extortion business has reached the extreme level especially in the capital and other big cities in absence of any tangible preventive mea...

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Chemical traders defy fire safety directives

Despite recurring fatal accidents and special directives issued by the prime minister to shut down all chemical warehouses in the highly congested old Dhaka chemical stockpiling business continues there, making the locals more vulnerable to fresh disasters. On the night of February 21, a fire incide...

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Water crisis intensifies on Ramadan eve

Thousands of people in around 30 areas of the city are suffering immensely for severe crisis of pure and safe drinking water since the last couple of weeks.Consequently, agitation is brewing among the city dwellers over the role of Dhaka WASA. Locals complained that unbridled corruption and anomalie...

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Reckless bikers’ stunts make city streets risky

Brazenly violating traffic rules, a section of errant youths are leaning into motorbike stunts and races on the city’s streets especially at Hatirjheel, the most charming hangout in Dhaka, posing the risk of deadly accidents. The youths, most of whom come from rich and political families, take...

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Garbage dumping rampant below Mayor Hanif Flyover

The median below the Mayor Hanif Flyover, a shining glory of the capital, is a source of disgust and suffering for thousands of commuters of the capital. Even though the people living in the south and south-eastern parts of the capital and the everyday commuters from the city outskirts and nearby di...

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Low quality cable causes major accident

Use of low quality electric cables is the main reason behind the recent surge in fire disasters across the country, said a survey report. The report produced recently by the Fire Service and Civil Defence said that most of the fire incidents originate from electric short circuit triggered by low qua...