One dead, five injured as train derails in Gazipur

A man was dead and five people were injured as seven bogies of a train derailed at Bankharia near Gazipur Railway Station early today. The identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately. Hanif Ali, Joydebpur Railway Station Master, said seven bogies of Dhaka-bound ‘Mohonganj Express’ from Mymensingh veered

Road accident kills 2 in Gazipur

Two passengers of a private car were killed on the spot when the car overturned after colliding with a road divider in Chandra Palli Bidhut area on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in the early hours of today. The deceased were identified as Abu Taher, 57, son of Abdul Quddus hailed from Pachbaria area

Covered van torched in Gazipur

Miscreants set fire to a covered van at Chandpur Bazar Road in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur district on Wednesday morning, during the 48-hours road-rail-waterway blockade across the country enforced by BNP and like-minded parties. Miscreants set the covered van of ‘Pran Group’ on fire at 10:45 am and fled the scene,

Two covered vans torched in Gazipur

Miscreants set fire to two covered vans on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Dakkhin Salna area of Gazipur City Corporation in the district today. According to police and fire service, eight to 10 miscreants in a private car and on a motorbike intercepted the two covered vans at Dakkhin Salna area and

RMG workers block road in Gazipur

Workers from five garment factories in Gazipur's Kaliakair upazila on Wednesday blocked the highway for the third consecutive day, demanding a minimum basic salary of Tk 23,000. They started their protest march around 11:30 am on Wednesday. The garment workers staged a protest march and blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway several times in

Enamul, Mahtab new president, GS of Gazipur Press Club

Gazipur Press Club (Reg: No-GA-0770) Election of Executive Council for the term 2023-2024 has been completed. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Mosaddek Hossain announced that they were elected unopposed as there were no contesting candidates for 16 posts against 17 posts in the election. Assistant Election Commissioner Prof. Billal Hossain said that

Dan Cake holds sales meet in Gazipur

Dan Foods Limited organized a two-day sales meet to create a roadmap for future growth, at the Green Tech resort at Gazipur on February 24 and 25, a press release said Wednesday. Nazim Uddin Ahmed, Chairman and MD; Khandker Md. Touhiduzzaman, Director; Shah Mashud Imam COO, S.M. Ekhtiar Reza, Head

Yotta to build hyperscale data park in Dhaka

Yotta Data Services, the data center and cloud services arm of India’s Hiranandani Group, has announced an investment of over 2000 crore Taka (US$ 150 million) to develop a Hyperscale Data Center Park in Dhaka, a press release said Wednesday. Yotta’s Dhaka Data Center Park, situated at Hi-Tech City, Kaliakoir in