The city authority says the excavation will create a long-needed drain and the road will be restored within a week; factory workers call the move retaliatory as a waste-disposal dispute and a police case continue.
Gazipur district authorities temporarily suspended four Kashimpur Union Land Office staff after an inspection, citing preliminary concerns over office procedures and service delivery.
The action followed an unannounced visit in which the district commissioner said complaints of irregularities had preliminary substantiation; the specific allegations and next steps have not been disclosed.
Dhaka South City Corporation says its expanded sanitation budget will fund ward-level cleaning, waste-management upgrades and measures aimed at reducing monsoon waterlogging.
Drivers said the lack of local gas supplies was raising their operating costs; police said traffic resumed after talks.