Auto-rickshaws get 2 hours to use highways for refuelling
The road transport and bridges minister, Obaidul Quader, on Thursday said that CNG-run auto-rickshaws would be allowed to use highways for two hours, between 6:00am and 8:00am, every day for refuelling from highway-side gas stations.
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN PERIL: China throws up controversial clause of payment upfront
Implementation of nearly a dozen large infrastructure projects (commercial contracts on four have already been signed between Dhaka and Beijing) faces fresh difficulty after Chinese authorities tagged a controversial condition on the loans.
Ensure hassle-free ICT use by common people: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to make sure that the common people, including those living in rural areas, can easily avail of Information and Communications Technology services.
Ershad wants govt apology for growing child repression
Voicing his utter frustration over the recent spate of child repression, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said the government should apologise to the nation over a baby being shot in her mother’s womb during a clash between two groups of ruling party men in Magura.
Child murders on the rise 1,714 murdered in 55 months
The first seven months of the current year witnessed an unprecedented surge in child murders compared to the corresponding periods of two previous years.
Sheikh Kamal’s 66th birth anniv observed
The 66th birth anniversary of Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was observed today in the capital and elsewhere across the country through holding different programmes.
Gold prices drop further by Tk 1,225 a bhori
Jewellers have further reduced gold price by up to Tk 1,225 per bhori with effect from today because of the slumping prices of the precious metal on the international market. Bangladesh Jewellers Association on Wednesday announced the price cut of gold for the second time in two weeks.
SHOT AT IN MOTHER’S WOMB: Mother breastfeeds baby after 13 days of birth
Bullet-wounded mother Nazma Begum burst into tears as she got the chance to take in her lap her newborn, shot at in her womb, for the first time on Wednesday, 13 days after her daughter was born through caesarean section.
TORTURE TO DEATH: Rakib’s intestine, lungs burst
Rakib, the 12-year boy killed in torture in Khulna on Monday, dies as his intestine and lungs burst because of pumping air through the rectum, post-mortem examination of the boy found. Khulna Medical College Hospital superintendent Prashanta Kumar on Wednesday confirmed the report of the post-mortem conducted at the hospital on Tuesday.
Yet another child tortured to death
A 12-year-old boy was killed in torture by his former employer in Khulna on Monday night for switching to another motor garage.
