Karwan Bazar

Karwan Bazar

Traffic on the road in front of the BTMA office on 30 Sep. Photo: Traffic Alert on Facebook.

NITER students stage sit-in demanding new director, resumption of academic activities

ATN Bangla office in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar was vandalised on 5 August. File Photo: UNB

Mob fury on 5 Aug: Innocent businesses caught in crossfire

A grocery store that sells flattened rice, jaggery, and puffed rice in Karwan Bazar with no customers around on 23 August. Photo: Jahir Rayhan/TBS

Rising demand empties Karwan Bazar of puffed rice, flattened rice, jaggery

Photo: TBS

Two fires strike Dhaka in short span 

Chicken prices listed at a poultry shop in Karwan Bazar on 9 April 2024. Photo: Jahir Rayhan/TBS

Broiler chicken price hikes by Tk40/kg within days

File Photo: TBS

Businessmen demand action against producers who hike prices before Ramadan

Photo: Courtesy

Karwan Bazar relocation process begins

Atiqul Islam. File Photo: TBS

176 Karwan Bazar shops to be shifted to Gabtoli after Eid: Mayor Atiq

A file photo of metro rail in Dhaka. Photo: Rajib Dhar

With Karwan Bazar and Shahbagh, all metro rail stations now open

Whether it be because of dust kicked up by the metro rail’s construction works or smoke produced by unfit vehicles, Karwan Bazar's highly polluted air is a health hazard to all that pass through the area. PHOTOS: RAJIB DHAR

What Karwan Bazar-Farmgate's 'labour pain' tells us about Dhaka's pollution

According to DNCC, there are 1,804 shops under their jurisdiction, including the wholesale vegetable markets in the Karwan Bazar area. It wants to relocate all of them. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

Why is it taking so long to relocate Karwan Bazar?

Traders defy Dhaka North’s attempt to seal shops in risky Karwan Bazar market

Traders defy Dhaka North’s attempt to seal shops in risky Karwan Bazar market

There are around a thousand active van pullers in Karwan Bazar. For each delivery, the vanwalas earn Tk150 to Tk200. Photo: Mumit M

An organised mess: The racing vanwalas of Karwan Bazar