Bangladesh plans toll on highways
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to impose toll on all the major highways across the country to raise funds for their maintenance.
ABUSING FEMALE WORKERS BAIRA for blacklisting responsible Saudi employers
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) on Tuesday requested the government to backlist Saudi employers who abuse female workers.
Ayesha freed on bail
The Barguna jail authorities on Tuesday afternoon freed Ayesha Siddiqua Minni on bail after she was detained for 50 days, 47 days in the jail and three days in Barguna Police Line, including one
Jatiya Party MPs write to speaker seeking Quader as opposition leader
Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader on Tuesday sent a letter to Jatiya Sangsad speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury for taking necessary steps for announcing him the leader of the opposition in
Body to ease gridlocks in hibernation
A committee formed with Dhaka South City mayor Sayeed Khokon as the head to ease the capital’s traffic congestion within past August could not even start its work due to the ongoing dengue crisis, said officials concerned.
8 dead, dozens missing in California dive-boat fire, officials say
Eight people died and more than two dozen passengers remained unaccounted for after a 75-foot commercial diving boat on a Labor Day excursion caught fire off the coast of Santa Cruz Island in Southern California, officials said.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam responds to audio recording where she discusses quitting
Hong Kong's beleaguered leader Carrie Lam says she never contemplated discussing her resignation with China's central government, after a leaked audio recording revealed her saying she would like to quit.
Bangladesh govt drafts law to get idle funds of autonomous bodies
The cabinet on Monday approved a draft law allowing the government to use the surplus funds of different self-governed agencies including autonomous, semi-autonomous, statutory authorities, public non-financial corporations for the ‘welfare of the public.’
Bangladesh to snap telecom connections of Rohingyas
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has asked all telecom operators to snap mobile phone connectivity which were issued to the Rohingya refugees in violation of the regulatory instruction.
Dengue patients likely to increase again
The dengue hospitalization rate declined in the last couple of weeks but experts said that there was no reason to be optimistic right now.
