District Administration conducting a drive to arrest price hike of onion at a godown in Khatunganj yesterday.

Illegal shops under two city corporations must be evicted

Owners of the illegally secured shops on roadsides have sprang up many folds under City Corporation and lack of updating rent has deprived the city authorities of their real value. Besides, such shops erected illegally around the city corporations’ bazaars, markets and shopping malls cause congestion and traffic jam. Meanwhile, nearly 3,500 such illegal shops have been identified in 21 markets out of 86 of the Dhaka South City Corporation. The shops, extensions of the permanently allocated shops, were built...

8 Feb 2021, 12:00 am