Launch owners plan fare hike after Eid
Owners are planning to increase launch fares after the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. They already placed their demand at the meeting held at Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority Bhaban on Tuesday.
Inflation drops in August despite hot kitchen market
The point-to-point inflation dropped by 0.19 percentage points to 6.17 per cent in August from that of 6.36 per cent in July, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics of the planning ministry. Consumers, however, suffered excessive price hike of some essential items including onion, green chilli and most of the vegetables at the country’s kitchen market.
Wipe out weeds from cabinet: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to root out weeds and parasites from Awami League and her cabinet.
Mujib killers could not be brought back for non-cooperation of countries concerned: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday alleged that the government could not bring back some condemned convicts of killing of country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman because of non-cooperation of the countries where they were living.
Rain leaves city-dwellers in pain for second consecutive day
People in the capital city suffered for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as many parts of the city submerged from irregular rain from morning till noon. Besides, the people had to endure filth and garbage on the roads as Tuesday’s water receded, confirmed dwellers from different corners of the city.
Latif Siddique resigns as lawmaker
Abdul Latif Siddique, who was expelled from ruling Awami League and the cabinet, resigned as a member of parliament on Tuesday.
SUST suspends 4 BCL activists
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology authorities on Tuesday suspended four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists from the university for Sunday’s attack on teachers, who were staging a sit-in for the removal of the vice-chancellor.
Khaleda calls for politics of national unity
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday called for a national unity and said that her party would carry out politics of national unity, not politics of vengeance, for the welfare of people and a prosperous country.
Rain wrecks havock
Heavy rains for over two hours from 11.15 AM brought life to a standstill in the capital until in the night on Tuesday.
Transport fare hike in 10 days
The government on Tuesday decided to revise the fares of buses and CNG-run auto-rickshaws in 10 days amidst allegations that many such transports in the city already increased their fares in the wake of price hike of compressed natural gas.
