Gazipur has become a striking example of ecological degradation in Bangladesh in recent years, with 60 percent of forest land and 50 percent of water bodies converted for other purposes over the past two decades due to unregulated urbanisation and industrialisation, according to a recent study. Forest-covered land in Gazipur has
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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
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
Industrial police smell conspiracy behind workers’ unrest in Gazipur
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Industrial Police MdZakirHossain Khan on Saturday said they smell a rat behind the unrest in the readymade garment (RMG) industry in Gazipur. “The government has already announced wages and our notion is that a group is instigating them (RMG workers) to do movement. We are identifying
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
RMG worker ‘pushed off’ moving bus, dies in Gazipur
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
