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Over 50 workers fall ill at Tongi garment factory, 21 admitted to hospital

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- More than 50 workers have suddenly fallen ill while working at a garment factory in Gazipur's Tongi, with 21 of them admitted to hospital. The incident occurred on Monday morning at... Read More


Woman, two children die after jumping in front of train in Gazipur

Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- A woman and two children have died in Gazipur after leaping in front of a train in an apparent suicide, according to police. The incident occurred around 11am on Monday at a railway... Read More


Factory closed in Gazipur as protesting workers clash with police

Dhaka, Jan. 24 -- Factory workers and police have clashed surrounding a protest at a factory in Gazipur's Konabari. Workers of Jamuna Denims Ltd blocked a road on Saturday morning as part of a demons... Read More


Bag of crude bombs found in Gazipur college pond

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- A bag containing crude bombs, locally known as "cocktails", has been caught in a fishing net cast on a pond in Gazipur's Sreepur Upazila. Sreepur Police Station chief Mohammad Nasir... Read More


Gazipur scrap fabric factory fire contained

Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- A fire at a "jhut" or waste fabric warehouse in Gazipur has been brought under control within an hour by the Fire Service. The incident occurred around 12:30pm on Tuesday in the Kat... Read More


Court orders police to investigate alleged negligence in probing Surovi case

Dhaka, Jan. 10 -- A court has ordered Gazipur police to see whether there was any negligence on the part of police in investigating allegations against July activist Tahrima Jannat Surovi. The court ... Read More


Media trying to defame July Uprising leaders ahead of polls, says NCP's Nahid

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has alleged that some media outlets are attempting to defame leaders and activists of the July Uprising ahead of the upcoming electio... Read More


Gazipur-2 BNP candidate Roni, wife declare Tk 400m assets, Tk 1.4bn loans

Dhaka, Jan. 5 -- BNP nominee for Gazipur-2 M Manjurul Karim Roni and his wife, independent candidate Taposhi Tanmoy Chowdhury, have declared assets worth about Tk 402.5 million against liabilities exc... Read More


JaSaS leader hacked to death after being lured to a brick kiln in Gazipur

Dhaka, Dec. 24 -- Miscreants have hacked a leader of Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (JaSaS), the cultural wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to death in Gazipur's Sreepur. Sreepur P... Read More


Protests block Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Gazipur over Hadi's death

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Protesters have blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at different points in Gazipur in phases, demanding the arrest of those responsible for the death of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Shar... Read More