A mobile court in a drive on Tuesday fined seven vehicles Tk 22,000 for polluting air in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The mobile court, led by executive magistrate Asma Shaheen of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Ministry conducted the drive and found seven vehicles responsible for polluting air through emitting black smoke. Later, the mobile court fined  the vehicles. The Monitoring and Enforcement Wing of Department of Environment (DoE) conducted the mobile court drive in Khilkhet area as part of drive against environment pollution and it will continue in Dhaka and its adjacent areas.  

Different roads in Dhaka went under water due to heavy rains triggered by Cyclone Sitrang, causing traffic gridlock that left no options for commuters but to suffer terribly. Md Omar Faruq, a meteorologist of Bangladesh Metrological Department, told UNB that 255 mm rains were recorded in 24 hours till 6 am on Tuesday (October 25, 2022). As Sitrang hit the country’s coastal areas on Monday (October 24, 2022) night, nearly all parts of Bangladesh including the capital experienced heavy rains and storm that uprooted trees or killed people and disconnected power transmission lines. Read Cyclone Sitrang: Dhaka-Khulna & Dhaka-Barishal highways reopen after 10 hours City Corporation workers were seen removing uprooted trees from Dhaka roads in the morning. Office-goers and others remained stuck on roads for hours in the morning as traffic movement was slow due to waterlogging.

Police have recovered the body of a young physician from his flat at Nikunjo in the city’s Khilkhet area. The deceased was identified as Dr Joydeb Chandra Das, 25, son of Dilip Chandra Das of South Salanda Kumarpara under Parbotipur thana in Dinajpur. Police said they recovered the body from his flat on the 8th floor of a building on Saturday night. Read:3 members of a family found dead in Mirsarai: 2 held The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy. Khilkhet Police Station SI Russel Pervez said the CID crime scene unit collected evidences from the spot. Police suspected that Dr Joydeb has committed suicide.

Three people were killed in road accidents in Dhaka's Khilkhet, Postagola Bridge and Jatrabari areas on Thursday.

Dhaka, Sept 26 (UNB) – The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Thursday conducted drives against illegal structures on footpaths and roads in Karwan Bazar and Khilket areas.

Dhaka, Sep 22 (UNB) – A court here on Sunday sentenced five members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 12 years imprisonment each in a case filed over the 2005 bomb attack in city’s Khilkhet.