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Clashes erupt during a footpath eviction drive in Mirpur-10, Dhaka, on 30 September, with garbage trucks set ablaze and vehicles vandalised. Photo: Mohammad Mahadi Hassan/TBS

Police, city officials under attack during Mirpur eviction drive; Salahuddin cites coordination gap

Police said eight to nine personnel were injured and around 30 people were detained in connection with the clashes.

Photo: Collected

Footpath eviction drive triggers clash between hawkers, Ansar in Ashulia

Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Md Abdus Salam briefs reporters during an eviction drive against illegal footpath occupation in Segunbagicha. Photo: TBS

No shops allowed to occupy footpaths: Dhaka South administrator

Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Md Abdus Salam speaks at a discussion on hawker management at Nagar Bhaban in Dhaka today (17 August). Photo: UNB

Dhaka South City Corporation to rehabilitate hawkers as per policy, ban roadside vending: Administrator

Hawkers occupy the limited space available for pedestrians on the Naddapara-Ashkona road in Dakshin Khan, one of the few routes still open as surrounding roads remain closed due to development works. PHOTO: SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN/TBS

With alternative roads closed, hawkers choke Dakshin Khan's Naddapara-Ashkona artery

Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Md Abdus Salam speaks at a seminar organised by the Urban Development Journalists Forum at the CIRDAP Auditorium today, 23 May 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Registration mandatory for hawkers, rickshaws to operate: Dhaka South administrator

Photo: Noor A Alam

HC questions allocation of roads and footpaths to hawkers in Dhaka

Police seize demolished remains of illegal makeshift shops along the roadside and footpath during an eviction drive led by a special metropolitan magistrate on Elephant Road in the capital in this photo taken recently. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Hawkers retake footpaths as crackdown loses steam

DSCC Administrator Md Abdus Salam speaks at a press briefing at Nagar Bhaban. 2 April 2026. Photo: TBS

Dhaka South to consider 8 night markets, rules out abrupt hawker eviction

A screengrab from a video shows a group of people, reportedly hawkers, attacking a DNCC eviction team in Mirpur on Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Hawkers attack Dhaka North officials during eviction drive in Mirpur

This undated file photo shows a footpath with businesses set on it, narrowing down the walking path. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Why should pedestrians share streets with hawkers?

Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Ejaz speaks at an event in Dhaka on 24 April 2025. File Photo: TBS

Avoid battery-run rickshaws, don't buy anything from vendors on footpaths: Dhaka North administrator

The notice was posted on multiple walls of homes and businesses in the village. Photo: Collected

Local admin, police take legal actions against Jhenaidah village's self-imposed ban on music, hawkers, and Hijras