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DSCC renames roads, structures

Several roads and structures under the Dhaka South City Corporation, including Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, have been renamed...

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Matuail fire calls for modern waste management strategy

A DEPLORABLE failure of urban waste governance has left large parts of southern Dhaka cloaked in toxic smoke for more than two weeks, as a fire at the Matuail landfill continues to spread palls of toxic smoke across densely populated neighbourhoods such as Jurain, Jatrabari, Sayedabad and Maniknagar. The...

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Early, effective measures needed to contain mosquito surge

THE death of at least 10 people and hospital admission of 1,236 people in January–February 5, when dengue incidence generally slows down or halts, raises concern. The high density of mosquitoes, both Aedes and Culex, in Dhaka and outlying areas is also alarming. Experts believe that the high density of mosquitoes in the winter is due to of the lack of sustained mosquito...

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Dhaka Bank to collect tax, fee of DSCC residents

Dhaka Bank PLC launched real time collection of holding tax and trade licence fee of Dhaka South City Corporation in an event at Nagar Bhaban in Dhaka on Monday, said a press release...

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Work disrupted at 5 fire-hit ministries

Routine works of the five ministries affected by a fire in the  past week were disrupted on Sunday as their offices at new locations were yet to be ready.

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Five more die of dengue

Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 541 this year...

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Dengue death toll nears 500 this year

At least six more people died of dengue and 882 affected were hospitalised in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services press release...

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ACC summons ex-mayor Taposh, ex-DB chief Harun

The Anti-Corruption Commission summoned 13 people, including Dhaka South City Corporation former mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner...

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Effective dengue prevention steps demanded

The Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Thursday submitted a memorandum with seven demands, including effective measures for dengue prevention, to the administrator of the Dhaka South City Corporation...

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Eviction without rehabilitation is unacceptable

THE Dhaka South City Corporation’s attempt to evict cleaners from their colony in the Old Town of Dhaka, going against a High Court decision, that has left many injured is unacceptable. The Miranzilla Harijan Colony residents say that on July 11, the city authorities used force to evict them and supporters of the Ward 33 councillor attacked them...

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DSCC fines Tk 20,000 in anti-Aedes drive

Mobile courts, conducted by the Dhaka South City Corporation, on Sunday fined the owners of six buildings Tk 20,000 after finding Aedes mosquito breeding grounds on their premises...

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LDA protests against eviction of sweepers until relocation

The Left Democratic Alliance leaders on Friday at a protest rally called on the Dhaka South City Corporation authority to refrain from evicting the dwellers of the Miranzilla Harijan Sweeper Colony in the capital’s Bangshal area until their relocation...

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DSCC opens control room for waste management

Dhaka South City Corporation established a central control room for removing sacrificial animals’ waste and coordinating management activities of cattle markets...

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Tensions run high in sweeper colony

A 70-year-old Montu Das on Wednesday was seen crying while sitting on the floor of his stuffy room devastated as the Dhaka South City Corporation began evicting a section of people from the Miranzilla Harijan Sweepers Colony in Bangshal in Old Dhaka on Monday...

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Situation worse in Dhaka south than north

The Directorate General of Health Services, in its pre-monsoon Aedes survey, found higher mosquito density in the Dhaka South City Corporation areas than that of...

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BNP leader Ishraque sent to jail

Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge court on Sunday sent the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader and former mayoral candidate of Dhaka South City Corporation Ishraque Hossain to jail in a case, filed over provocative activities in October last year...

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DSCC does 40yrs’ dev works in 4yrs: Taposh

Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Sunday claimed that the city had witnessed developmental strides equivalent to 40 years in his four-year tenure in office...

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DSCC starts Manda Canal restoration work

The Dhaka South City Corporation has started the restoration and beautification work of 8.7 kilometres of the Manda canal, one of the largest canals in the Dhaka city. ..

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Continued indifference towards building safety unacceptable

THE inaction on part of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipokkho and the Dhaka South City Corporation in addressing the concerns of the shareholders of the Aminbagh Cooperative Market Society Limited yet again demonstrates the negligent attitude towards building and fire safety...

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