One can still smell Hazaribagh before reaching there despite the relocation of tanneries to Savar in 2017. Although the air quality of the area has somewhat improved, the stench of tanneries – garbage, cast-off leather scraps, and a toxic mix of acrid chemicals– remains. The reason is that the place is still home to leather processing. The River Buriganga continues to be polluted by the waste of dozens of small rawhide processing units still operating in Hazaribagh illegally. Cast-off leather scrap still lines the canals. READ: 8 Savar tanneries fined for polluting environment  Although tanneries have moved to Savar, some 20 kilometres to Hazaribagh's west, many tanners are still dependent on Hazaribagh to perform part or all of leather processing – cutting, drying, and colouring.

A man was hacked to death allegedy by his sons at Hazaribagh in the capital on Tuesday over land related dispute.

A man allegedly tried to kill himself after stabbing his two children in his house at Hazaribagh in the capital on Wednesday afternoon.

A plastic factory in the city’s Hazaribagh area caught fire on Monday night.