Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Highways become death traps

Crashes kill around 500 in 6 months The highways across the country have virtually become death traps as there are apparently no authorities to control reckless driving. The country witnessed deaths of around 500 people and injuries to many others in road accidents on the stretch of about 12,000-kilometre highways in the first half of

RMG unrest spreads in Ashulia, N’ganj

More than 200 injured as workers, cops clash; rubber bullets, tear gas used; factories, shops vandalised again More than 200 RMG workers and 20 policemen were injured in clashes between the two sides in Ashulia after the labourers protested a new wage hike, which they say is still too low. Meanwhile, garment workers and activists ... Read more

8 cheated job seekers return

Fake New Zealand Visa 8 cheated job seekers return The eight Bangladeshi jobseekers, whom an organised gang deserted in Malaysia with fake visas of New Zealand, returned home yesterday. The victims are Ruhul Amin, Abu Al-Razin, Santo Ghosh, Nesar Uddin, Abul Kashem,

Most ISD call rates down from today

The cost of telephone calls to most overseas destinations will be reduced from (today) Sunday, according to the website of Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited. These lower call rates fixed by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission

RMG wage sparks violent protests

Rampaging workers vandalise over 200 business establishments, several factories in city a day after announcement of new pay structure Several thousand garment workers yesterday rampaged through different parts of the capital and Gazipur rejecting new wage structure and demanding Tk 5,000 minimum wage

Rajuk betrays affected people

UTTARA MODEL TOWN Rajuk betrays affected people Landowners, whose land was acquired for the third phase of Uttara Model Town, accused Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha of going back on its promise of providing compensatory plots all without discriminating between the holding

Mistakes in question paper confuse examinees

BCS PRELIM TEST Mistakes in question paper confuse examinees The question paper of the 30th Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary examination, held throughout the country on Friday, contained eight mistakes in one of the sets which created a lot of confusion among the examinees. After the preliminary test, examinees who obtained the B set of English

Nigerian held at airport with ‘drugs’

Immigration personnel at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital yesterday detained a Nigerian national with six kilograms of white powder which, they think, is heroin. He was caught around 7:00pm at gate-3 of the airport with five luggage and identified

Most of city roads in bad shape

The roads of the city’s Zigatola area were dug by Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) in December last for development of sewerage system to free the area from perennial waterlogging. Since then, people of the area have been facing serious problem in their movement

65pc haor people have no agricultural land

About 65% households in haor areas in the north-eastern region have no agricultural land, according a recent study. Aggregating all kinds of land, about 71% households were found effectively landless of which about 55% were absolutely landless, about 17% households were of marginal category (between 51 and

Office hours revised for Ramadan

Cabinet okays 9:00am to 3:30pm Office hours during Ramadan will be from 9:00am to 3:30pm for government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations. The cabinet at its regular weekly meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday fixed the new

Dhaka joins global move to save tigers

Bangladesh joins hand with 12 other Tiger Range Countries (TRC) to save global tiger population. Tiger is treated as one of the most critically endangered animals fast disappearing from the world. Only 3,200 big cats [Penthera Tigris] of five sub-species exist in the wild of 13 countries including

Save Shuvadda canal from grabbers

Environmentalists urge govt Environmentalists yesterday demanded that the government dismantle illegal establishments erected on the Shuvadda canal to protect it from the grabbers. They made the demand from a rally organised by the Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA) in front

War crimes trial rules framed

Suspects can be arrested, remanded during investigation, offences made cognisable, non-bailable The International Crimes Tribunal, formed on March 25, has framed rules for the trial of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war for independence in 1971 empowering the investigation officer to arrest any suspect on a warrant issued by the