NOVEMBER 25 BLAZE / A week on, Korail still struggling to recover
In a narrow lane of the Korail slum, Shafiqul Islam and Fatema Begum begin preparing tea before dawn.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Auto-rickshaw driver shot dead in drug feud’
The 26-year-old CNG-run autorickshaw driver who was shot dead in the capital’s Jurain area on Monday night was targeted by top drug dealers over previous enmity, police said.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Korail slum: Piecing back life after fire
As the afternoon sun beat down on the charred remains of Korail yesterday, one of Dhaka’s largest and most crowded slums, Shukur Ali sat quietly with his wife, children and grandson amid the dust and twisted iron sheets that once sheltered their home.
27 November 2025, 18:26 PM
Of recurring fires and lost homes
Yesterday, around midnight, a 50-year-old day labourer stood near the fire-ravaged Korail slum, a single suitcase balanced on his head.
26 November 2025, 18:00 PM
‘How many times can we start over?’ Ashes, debt, and fragile hope in Korail
Families who have already rebuilt their worlds twice now sift through the debris a third time
26 November 2025, 13:32 PM
Amid fire, comes an unnamed hero
As a devastating fire swept through the capital’s Korail slum last night, 45-year-old Bokul Begum was trapped alone in her small room.
25 November 2025, 20:26 PM
Wheelchair-bound and alone, Bokul cried for help. A teen saved her as Korail burned
25 November 2025, 16:16 PM
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Injured during tremor, they still shake in fear
There was a wave of joy at Majeda Khatun’s house on Friday morning.
22 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Ma, will I be able to walk again?
Lying on a bed at National Institute of Neuro Sciences and Hospital, Leon keeps asking his mother -- Ma, will I be able to walk again?
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Who’s to blame for vegetable price spiral?
Day labourer Azizul Haque was upset to see the price of papaya when he went to do grocery shopping yesterday: it has doubled in a space of a few days.
29 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Onion price soars even in peak season
It is peak harvest season, but the price of onion has soared by Tk 10 per kilogram at the capital’s kitchen markets over the last three days.
26 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Uttara-Motijheel Metro: Buses beginning to feel the pinch
Ever since the metro trains started operating between Uttara and Motijheel all day, buses have been seeing fewer passengers.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Rice prices yet to cool despite govt warnings
The price of rice has not gone down in Dhaka’s kitchen markets despite government warnings of legal action against traders.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
They tortured and watched him die
Saiful Islam Russel was lying on the floor -- motionless, blood oozing from his mouth, and bruises on his face and body.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Rice prices spiralling once again
With the harvesting of Aman crops, the prices of BR-28, Paijam, Guti and aromatic rice were supposed to decrease. Instead, the rice prices have gone up by Tk 2-8 per kg in the last 10 days in Dhaka’s kitchen markets.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘I’m not leaving my son’
“Fire, fire”.
Sharmin Akter, 22, woke up hearing these desperate cries which shattered the stillness of the night in Mollabari Slum in Tejgaon yesterday. Her immediate thought was to save her one-and-a-half-year-old son, Nafi Hossain.
13 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gas crisis leaves households, industry on edge
The gas supply now is the lowest since April 2020, shows data from Petrobangla -- in a development that informs the acute crisis plaguing the industrial sector as well as households.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Veggies too pricey even in mid-winter
Prices of almost all vegetables have gone up in Dhaka’s kitchen markets over the last two weeks, hitting the consumers hard, though it is the peak season for winter vegetables.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Desperate, they opt for firewood
Khadiza Begum, a resident of Mirpur’s Jheelpar slum, has been struggling to cope up with expenses amid persistent inflation.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Benapole Express Fire: Of unanswered calls and missing loved ones
Natasha Jesmin, a teacher of the Academia School in the capital’s Wari, boarded a Dhaka-bound train around 7:00pm on Friday after a visit to her home in Faridpur.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
10 inmates out of 47,000 voted thru postal ballots
With the country going to polls tomorrow, at least 86,000 inmates in 68 jails across the country also got a chance to exercise their franchise through postal ballots this time.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Tale of a baby bird and a heart of gold
When Leon noticed a baby parakeet had fallen from its nest on a treetop, he knew he had to do something to help
1 January 2024, 13:20 PM
Serial muggers terrorise Mohammadpur
The residents of Mohammadpur’s Beribadh area have been living with a growing sense of insecurity and fear over the last few months due to recurring robberies and muggings perpetrated mostly by teenage gangs.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM
‘I don’t want to lose my son too’
Mohammad Suman, 35, was screaming in pain while lying on a bed at DMCH yesterday.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Help ensure presence of voters on Jan 7
Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday sought assistance from the city’s ward councillors to ensure the presence of voters in the January 7 national election.
25 December 2023, 18:00 PM
She held on to her child as they burned to death
As soon as other passengers on Mohanganj Express screamed “fire”, Nadira Akhter Popy grabbed her three-year-old son, held him to her chest and ran in an attempt to get out of the train carriage and escape the fire
19 December 2023, 11:19 AM
Patients bear the brunt of blockades
Sagar Hossain came to Dhaka from Munshiganj with his unwell mother on November 23 to avail treatment for her at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
1 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Hartal, Blockade: Low-income group worst hit
With worried eyes, Shuily Begum, a day labourer, was waiting in the capital’s Mirpur 11 area alongside hundreds of other day labourers, hoping to find work.
23 November 2023, 18:00 PM