People suffer amidst work abstention of bus workers

Sufferings of people continued for the seventh consecutive day on Thursday as transport workers in many districts remained off the road protesting at the Road Transport Act 2018.

Truck, covered van owners, workers call off strike

Owners and workers of trucks and covered vans called off a countrywide strike following a meeting with home minister Asaduzzaman Khan early Thursday.

Govt fails in every sector: Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government failed in every sector as they had no commitment towards the people of

Independent body on organ transplantation demanded

Gonoshasthaya Kendra trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Wednesday demanded amendment to the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2018 and proposed formulation an

Hasina, Erdogan should get Nobel Prize: Kamal

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said that prime minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh and Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan should be awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

People suffer as transport strike on

Chaos ruled over roads across the country cauisng sufferings to passengers and disrupting commodity supply as goods vehicle owners and workers on Wednesday joined bus workers on

Chaos on roads over new law

Goods carrying vehicle owners and workers are set to go on a countrywide strike for indefinite period as the government began operating mobile courts under the Road Transport Act 2018 when

HC seeks report on action over 183 shipbreaking workers’ death

The High Court Division on Tuesday directed the government to submit reports by January 5 about its action after deaths of 183 workers in accidents at shipbreaking yards in Chattogram.

Debt repayment surges in Q1

The external debt repayment in the first quarter of the current fiscal year surged because of large short-term borrowings for the mega projects such as Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, Metro Rail and

It’s now salt

A rumour-driven spiral in the price of salt after a surge in the prices of onion and rice has caused panic buying of the item across the country.