Eid holidaymakers suffer in tailbacks on battered highways Those who came out smiling in the struggle to get bus tickets to go home for Eid now endure more as travel time to most destinations outside Dhaka has doubled with the mad rush home getting into its stride. However, battered roads, congested highways and delayed ferries ... Read more
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Eid shoppers gridlocked
Most roads that lead to the major shopping hubs in the city were clogged yesterday with thousands of vehicles as Eid shoppers poured in ahead of Eid. The tailbacks reached out to the adjacent streets, intensifying the usual daylong traffic congestion in the city, traffic policemen said. Hundreds of shoppers could not reach their home ... Read more
Gas found in Sundalpur
Petrobangla hopes to get 10-12mmcf gas from the newly discovered field Petrobangla yesterday announced the discovery of a gas field by Bapex in Sundalpur of Noakhali while many parts of the country face a shortfall in gas supply. Petrobangla Chairman Hussain Monsur disclosed it at a press conference at its headquarters in the capital yesterday. ... Read more
Repair roads right away
PM directs communications ministry, assures it of quick fund; Dhaka-Mymensingh bus strike ends Expressing annoyance over poor conditions of highways, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the communications ministry to immediately repair all dilapidated highways so that home-bound people do not face any trouble during Eid travel. “Start repair work in full swing with the ... Read more
Tareque Masud, Mishuk Munier killed in road crash
Passenger bus crushes film-making unit on microbus at Manikganj; Tareque’s wife Catherine among injured Noted filmmaker Tareque Masud, media personality Ashfaque Munier and three others died yesterday in a fatal road crash on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj, sending shockwaves through the nation. Tareque’s wife Catherine Masud, painter Dhali Al Mamun, his wife Dilara Zaman Jolly ... Read more
Moon ride on another route stops
Transport owners suspend operation on Dhaka- Tangail highway for battered road condition With the transport strike on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway entering the fourth day, inter-district bus operators yesterday suspended their service indefinitely on Dhaka-Tangail highway protesting severely battered road condition. Bus and minibus owners’ association announced the strike at a press conference in Tangail Press Club ... Read more
Rab shooting kills 5
The elite force tells of ‘gunfight’ with suspected muggers in city’s Uttara Five youths were killed in Rapid Action Battalion firing on Sonargaon Janapath in Uttara in the capital last night. Rab claimed that the dead were muggers and they were killed during two firefights between Rab personnel and a criminal gang. The “gunfights” took ... Read more
Dhaka-Ctg road trip turns terrible
Traffic mess, overtaking on narrow highway with numerous potholes Vehicular traffic on 290-kilometre Dhaka-Chittagong highway has become so intense and chaotic that a journey between the capital and the port city could take as long as 15 hours. The highway, the country’s busiest and economically most important one, appears to have a single convoy of ... Read more
Impossible rides stop
Transport owners suspend plying vehicles on battered Dhaka-Mymensingh highway Transport owners yesterday suspended indefinitely the bus service on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, citing the road has become impassable. Cratered, the 120-km highway gets waterlogged even in moderate rain. The heavy downpour for the last few days has made things worse, as potholes at many points have turned ... Read more
Monsoon grips country
Life reels from incessant rain, gridlocks, waterlogging Heavy rains and gusty winds severely disrupted life in the capital yesterday causing waterlogging and traffic gridlocks. Dhaka recorded 56mm of rainfall yesterday, according to met officials. They said the non-stop downpour that began on Monday is the result of an active monsoon. The weather in the city ... Read more
Rajuk, DCC among grabbers
River taskforce to seek PM’s help Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) have been filling up portions of Baunia and Ramchandrapur canals to build roads in another instance of violation of environmental laws by government agencies. The river taskforce yesterday expressed concern over the filling up of the two canals and decided ... Read more
Income fixed, expense wild
Salaried people give up on savings to grapple with rising food inflation, cost of living A newborn usually brings a sense of happiness to family members and relatives, but the joy of becoming the parents of a second child is tinged with worries for Rafeza Khanam and her husband. Concerns over the means to build ... Read more
Khilgaon flyover to get loop at Sayedabad point
Move to facilitate traffic from city’s eastern part to Motijheel The government expects to start construction of a new loop at Sayedabad point of Khilgaon Flyover in October to maximise the structure’s benefit for the people in adjacent areas. Vehicles from Pragati Sarani and the capital’s eastern part Madartek, Bashabo and Sipahibagh will have direct ... Read more
Commuter train by next year
20 Chinese trains to ply in Dhaka, Ctg Modern trains will be introduced in Dhaka and Chittagong by the next year to make commuting with their adjoining districts fast and easier. Bangladesh Railway (BR) and Tangshan Railway Vehicle Company Ltd, a Chinese private firm, inked an agreement on the $58.31 million project at the railway ... Read more
Veggie prices skyrocket
Prices of various vegetables, used to prepare popular iftar dishes for breaking Ramadan fast, skyrocketed yesterday amid a surge in demand. Prices of sugar, onion, and chickpea also marked rise, after a brief stability which followed the businesses assurance to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that they would keep the prices stable. The prices of cucumber ... Read more
16 killed, 50 hurt
Buses Collide Head-on 16 killed, 50 hurt Punctured tyre of luxury bus leads to crash; drivers said to be dead At least 16 people were killed and 50 others injured when a luxury bus collided head-on with a local passenger bus at Shibpur in Narsingdi yesterday. The death toll may rise, as some of the ... Read more
Business behind police boxes
Nexus of some advertising agencies and cops flout rules to set up about 350 structures on pavements, intersections for quick money A group of advertising agencies in connivance with traffic sergeants and police officials has started building unauthorised police boxes on pavements and roadsides to rent out space on those in advertisement market. As many ... Read more
Dengue catches DCC napping
Strikes early this year; number of infection shows sharp rise as anti-mosquito drive hardly carried out; DCC complains of poor logistics The dreaded dengue fever is back. The number of dengue-affected people in the capital took a sharp rise with 82 new cases reported from July 23 to 28. According to the control room of ... Read more
HSC results better a little
75.08pc pass exams; 10,500 more score GPA-5 this year More than three-fourths of the total number of students appeared in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate examination passed marking a slight improvement in overall academic standard. For the first time in the country’s history the combined pass percentage under 10 education boards, including Madrasa Education Board ... Read more
Commuters left to suffer
Gridlocks go from bad to worse as traffic regulated for VVIP movement Zihan Saba was sobbing as she entered her school around 2:15pm yesterday. A student of class two, she was 18 minutes late for her second-term exam. Saba’s mother, who accompanied her to Siddheswari Girls High School on Bailey Road in the capital, said ... Read more