Dipan Nandy

Fear still grips residents of the New Gini Properties housing project in Manikdi near ECB Chattar, even after police arrested seven people over Saturday night’s attack and looting.

Located just beyond Gate 3 inside the five‑bigha New Gini Properties housing project stands an under‑construction high‑rise -- one of at least 17. This particular structure houses a temporary project office on the ground floor.

It was around 10:30pm on Saturday night. The New Gini Properties compound at ECB Chattar had gone quiet after a day’s work, with construction workers resting inside.

Police were at the scene as attackers looted the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur-1 and loaded the valuables onto a pickup, but took no effective action before the vehicle left, according to preliminary findings of a police investigation into the attack.

Kohinoor Begum, a vaccinator at the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur-1, was steadfast in carrying out her duties. She continued administering measles vaccines to children yesterday, about 36 hours after the centre was all but destroyed.

Ashraf Ali, 22, a student of Brindavan Government College in Habiganj, had left for Cambodia pursuing work to turn the wheel of his family’s fortune.

The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to seek information from the UAE government about properties allegedly acquired in Dubai through money laundering by 73 Bangladeshis, including former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, former Premier Bank chairman HBM Iqbal and former Padma Bank chairman Chowdhury Nafis Sarafat.

In 2006, the then undivided Dhaka City Corporation established a community centre in Segunbagicha, one of the capital’s most densely populated neighbourhoods.