Iran intends to breach nuclear treaty uranium enrichment cap

Iran says it intends to breach the uranium enrichment cap set by a landmark nuclear deal Sunday in a bid to press signatories to the endangered pact into keeping their side of the bargain.

LDA to lay siege to energy ministry on July 14

The Left Democratic Alliance would lay siege to the ministry of power, energy and mineral resources on July 14 demanding withdrawal of the decision to increase prices of gas, leaders of the alliance announced after their eight-hour hartal ended on Sunday.

Suspected rapist, killer of Wari child held in Cumilla

Detectives in a drive in Cumilla on Sunday arrested the prime suspect in the killing of six-year-old girl after rape at Wari in Dhaka.

Rains wreak havoc in Rohingya camps

Flash flood and monsoon rains intensified the sufferings of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Rohingyas at various camps in Ukhia and Teknaf and their adjacent areas in Cox’s Bazar in past few days.

8hr hartal against gas price hike today

Left Democratic Alliance would enforce nationwide eight-hour hartal from 6:00am to 2:00pm today in protest against gas price hike that came into effect from July 1.

Job seekers want age limit for govt jobs 35 years

Job seekers on Saturday demanded that the government should extend the age limit for government jobs from 30 years to 35 years.

3 city roads go off limits to rickshaws today

The government has decided to ban rickshaws on three major city roads beginning today without mulling any rehabilitation programme for rickshaw pullers and alternative vehicles for passengers.

Heavy rains in Ctg, landslides feared

Heavy rainfall since Friday night, due to active monsoon, hit hard the port city of Chattogram submerging most of the city’s low-lying areas.

Wood, bamboo used at railway tracks, bridges!

The Bangladesh Railway is using wood and bamboo instead of iron equipment at rickety railway tracks and bridges in at least two major sections, posing great risks of fatal accidents.

Ershad given 8 bags of blood after dialysis

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad was given eight bags of blood in six hours following a dialysis he underwent on Friday dawn at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital, said Ershad’s personal secretary and also a JP presidium member Khaled Akhter.