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.

Rangamati shooting victims not party activists, says PCJSS

Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti in a statement said the three ethnic minority people killed in Rangamati on Monday were neither their activists nor involved with any armed group.

US diplomat in Kiev said he's 'never seen anything' like Trump-Sondland call in restaurant

A diplomat at the US embassy in Ukraine told lawmakers last week he'd "never seen anything" like the call Gordon Sondland placed to President Donald Trump at a restaurant in Kiev, according to a

Dozens of Hong Kong protesters make daring campus breakout

Dozens of Hong Kong protesters escaped a two-day police siege at a campus late Monday by shimmying down a rope from a bridge to awaiting motorbikes in a dramatic and perilous breakout

Rajapaksa prioritises security

The winner of Sri Lanka’s presidential election, Gotabaya Rajapaksa made national security his top priority after being sworn in on Monday at an ancient temple in the north-central city of

Transport strike in 11 districts against road law

People suffered throughout Monday as transport workers observed wildcat strikes in at least 11 districts in Khulna and Rajshahi regions as the government began mobile court operations under

Experts see no imminent solution to Rohingya crisis

Experts and local government representatives of Cox’s Bazar on Monday warned that they saw no solution to the Rohingya crisis as Myanmar was totally unwilling to take back the members of the