If you walk down the Farashganj road near the banks of the Buriganga river, you will come across the Northbrook Hall library. From the outside it would look like an abandoned building. But inside, it has hundreds of rare books—published in the nineteenth century—some of which may not be available elsewhere in the world.

A person is killed two others are injured after a wall collapsed on them in Old Dhaka’s Bongshal area.

At least seven students are injured in a clash between two groups of students at Government Alia Madrasa at Bakshibazar in the old part of Dhaka city this evening.

Around 100 turtles seized by the members of Rapid Action Battalion and the officials of Bangladesh Forest Department in Shakhari Bazar of Old Dhaka.

The long tradition of selling “Shahi” iftar items in Old Dhaka has become quite renowned. “Shahi” or not – one thing is for sure that the food looks just exquisite.

A minor boy is killed and his elder sister injured as a bomb explodes inside their house at Lalbagh, the old part of Dhaka.

The night of records or Shab-e-Barat is a major day for devout Muslims all over the world. But another part of this day, especially in Bangladesh, is the affection that is circulated among neighbours and relatives. Sweetmeat and bread (roti) is distributed door to door come alive with a celebration of the divine.