Committees tasked to find solutions to prevent dengue
Committees tasked to find solutions to prevent dengue

Two six-member separate expert committees, formed at Dhaka north and south city corporations due to a rise in dengue cases, have now been working tirelessly to devise an effective and durable solution to prevent the mosquito borne disease, reports BSS. The expert committee held its maiden...

Traffic for London to support DNCC for improving traffic management
Traffic for London to support DNCC for improving traffic management

Transport for London (TfL) will provide support to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) to improve the traffic system of Dhaka, reports UNB. DNCC Administrator Md. Mahmudul Hasan said this after British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on him at the latters office...

Drug abuse becoming harder to prevent
Drug abuse becoming harder to prevent

Drugs are flowing into the country via land, sea, and air, primarily infiltrating from neighboring India and Myanmar. To date, 25 different types of drugs have been detected. The situation has become alarming, prompting the Directorate of Narcotics Control (DNC) to designate 32 districts along the...

Ex-DNCC Mayor Atiq arrested
Ex-DNCC Mayor Atiq arrested

Mohammad Atiqul Islam, former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), was arrested in the capital on Wednesday, reports UNB. A team of Mohammadpur police arrested him from Mohakhali DOHS area in the evening, said Deputy Commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Talebur...