A fire broke out at the gas line on Tipu Sultan Road in Dhaka’s Wari area early Wednesday (June 7, 2023). The fire broke out at the road around 2:25 am, said Deputy Assistant Director of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters, Shahjahan Shikder. Read more: Fire destroys 10 houses in Narail On information, fire firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire around 5:30 am, said Shahzadi Sultana, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room. Witnesses said some people were slightly injured during the fire but the fire service men did not confirm any casualty. Also read: 4 Bangladeshi workers die in fire in UAE Meanwhile, what caused the fire could not be known immediately and the extent of the loss could not be ascertained yet.

Kawran Bazar Pragoti Sangha clinched the BFF U-16 Football Tournament title  beating old horse Wari Club by 3-0 goals in the final at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur Tuesday afternoon.The winners led the first half by 1-0 goalShahibul struck twice, first in the very 7th minute and other in the stoppage time of the match (90+9 minute) while Arif netted the other goal for Pragoti Sangha  in the 62nd minute. Arif Hossain Sumon of the champions Pragoti Sangha and Abu Bakar Siddique of Fortis FC named as the highest scorers jointly, Shahidul Mustafa of Pragoti Sangha named as the best player of the final while Akash Islam of Wari Club was adjudged the best player of the tournament.R Read: BFF to host UEFA U-16 Boy's Int’l Football in OctoberTournament runners-up Wari Club was adjudged the most disciplined team of the tournament to receive fair play trophy. BFF Vice President Mohiuddin Ahmed  Mohi, BFF members Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, Tipu Sultan, Satyajit Das Rupu, Eilas Hossain, Imtiaz Hamid Sabuj and Mohidur Rahman Miraj witnessed the day's final and were present at the day's prize distribution ceremony.  A total of eleven club teams took part in the BFF U-16 tournament that began on September 20.  Besides, Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) runners up Azampur Football Club and BCL fair play trophy winner Gopalganj Sporting Club were also awarded at the day's function.   

A man allegedly died after he was allegedly pushed off a moving passenger bus at Joykali Temple intersection at city’s Wari on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Md Irfan Ahmed, 48, an electronics mechanic who worked in a shop at Nawabpur area. The incident occurred at 10 am. Also read: Passenger pushed off moving bus: Driver, helper held in Chattogram Irfan’s brother Md Rayhan said, his brother left home from Demra for the shop in the morning and after a while they were informed by some witnesses that helper of a Green Bangla Paribahan bus pushed him on the road. He was at first taken to a local hospital and was later transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the duty doctors announced him dead around 12 pm. Tanvir Hasan, Sub-Inspector of Wari police station said, “Initially we got information from witnesses that Irfan was pushed by the bus helper but he had no severe injury mark on his body except his left eye was swollen and blue. “ Also read: 2 killed in Feni road accident The body was sent for an autopsy and a case will be filed in this regard, said the SI.

Some miscreants snatched away a motorcycle after hacking a teenager to death and injuring his cousin in City’s Wari area on Sunday.

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) lifted the lockdown from Wari on Friday midnight, 21 days after it was enforced. 

Dhaka South city Corporation (DSCC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shah Mohammad Emdadul Haque violated lockdown rules by entering Wari in Old Dhaka with a convoy on Saturday.

After weeks of dithering, the authorities acting through the Local Government Division (LGD) on Monday issued a letter to the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to implement strict lockdown in the capital’s Wari.