MPs bash govt for price hike, water-logging
Opposition lawmakers in parliament on Sunday flayed the government for failing to control the price hike of rice and other essential commodities and address water logging in Dhaka and Chittagong.
Khaleda for immediate arrest, punishment for Fakhrul's attackers
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday described the attack on the motorcade of her party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as ‘a proof that Awami League has been staging all the incidents of terrorism, chaos and anarchy in the country’.
Musa still trapped in PNG mountain
Bangladesh mountaineer Musa Ibrahim, along with two other Indian climbers, is still trapped at the base camp of Mount Carstensz Pyramid in Papua New Guinea as second rescue operation was called off due to bad weather early on Sunday.
People suffer amid traffic tangles
Illegal parking, people’s rush to shopping malls, water-logging and lack of law enforcement, all these have combined to render traffic in the capital into a complete chaos ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, leaving commuters to suffer terribly.
LANDSLIDES Affected people worried about future
Landslide-affected people in Rangamati, living at shelters or their relatives’ houses losing their homes, expressed on Saturday worries about their future.
Building Rampal plant despite concerns abuse of power: Sultana Kamal
Going ahead with implementing the controversial Rampal coal-fired power plant despite science-based concerns and widespread criticism was an abuse of power and corruption as well, said rights activist Sultana Kamal on Saturday.
BNP to win next polls, boat sunk: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday hoped her party and alliance would win in the next general polls and commented that boat, election symbol of ruling Awami League, had sunk.
Economists fear foreign currency crisis
Economist and experts in a post-budget parley on Saturday apprehended a crisis of foreign currency in near future against the backdrop of sharp rise in non-concessional loans for implementing costly projects amid negative inflow of remittance and slow export growth.
Rain-triggered mudslides kill 134
Landslides in Chittagong, Rangamati and Bandarban, caused by days of heavy rain, killed at least 134 people including four army personnel, injured 86 and left an unknown number of people missing.
Ctg residents continue to suffer from severe waterlogging
Waterlogging caused by heavy rain continued to cause miseries to the residents of Chittagong for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.
