Garment workers have staged a protest by blocking a road in Tongi, Gazipur, demanding payment of their unpaid wages and the reopening of their closed …
A case has been filed against five people, including Ariful Islam, director and head teacher of two madrasas, over the alleged abduction of a Class Ei…
A Bangladesh Bank official has been robbed of Tk 500,000 while returning home after withdrawing the money from Sonali Bank in Kaliakair, Gazipur. The …
A court has rejected the bail petition of Moslem Uddin, vice-principal of a madrasa arrested in Tongi, Gazipur, over the alleged sexual abuse of a sev…
Residents in Sreepur, Gazipur, caught a police constable and another man while they were taking drugs and handed them over to the police. A total of t…
Representatives and prominent figures from Gazipur have demanded a transparent evaluation of the future of the Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT, project, whi…
The Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has expressed deep anger and concern over recent reports of sexual abuse and harassment of children in madrasas in…
Police have found preliminary truth in the widely discussed incident of sexual abuse of a seven-year-old madrasa student in Tongi, Gazipur. Police sai…
Amid nationwide discussion over an allegation that a teacher kissed a seven-year-old child at a madrasa in Tongi, Gazipur — and an incident in which t…
The controversy over cancelling the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project from the airport to Gazipur after nearly 97 percent of its work had been completed…
In Tongi, Gazipur, after the accused teacher was arrested in a case filed by the guardian over the alleged sexual abuse of a madrasa student, police a…
Chinese company Alu Hi-Tech Industries Limited is investing 100 million US dollars to build a large beverage-can factory at the Kaliakair Hi-Tech Park…
The father of a six-year-old girl has now spoken publicly over allegations of sexual abuse at a residential madrasa in the Auchpara area of Tongi, Gaz…
A fire has broken out at a carton factory in Kashimpur, Gazipur. The blaze started at around 10:30am on Saturday (24 October) at the Supreme Garments …
A fire has broken out at a warehouse in Gazipur. On receiving the news, nine units of the Fire Service rushed to the spot and began working to bring t…
Eight members of the Jubo League, an associate organisation of the Awami League whose activities are banned, have been detained while holding a proces…
Police in Gazipur have arrested a Qawmi madrasa teacher accused of sexually abusing an eight-year-old third-grade student multiple times. The madrasa'…
Police in Tongi, Gazipur, have arrested the vice-principal of a madrasa, Musleuddin, in a case filed over the alleged sexual abuse of a seven-year-old…
Police have arrested a teacher of a Qawmi madrasa in Gazipur over allegations of repeatedly sexually abusing and raping a Class Three student, aged ei…
Tanisha, aged 16, has died after her parents in the explosion caused by a leaking cooking gas cylinder pipe in Tongi, Gazipur. She died while undergoi…
All three members of the same family burned in an explosion from a gas leak in Tongi, Gazipur, have now died. Tanisha, 16, died on Friday morning (23 …
A father, mother and their two young children have suffered burn injuries in a fire at a house in the Paschim Bhurulia area of Gazipur city. The mothe…
Tanisha (16), who was burned in an explosion caused by a cooking gas cylinder leak in Tongi, Gazipur, has died in hospital, two days after her father …
The Dhaka-Gazipur Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project is set to be formally closed. The government has decided to remove the dedicated lanes and station i…
