Gaza crippled by electricity crisis as power plant runs out of fuel
Gaza's only power plant has run out of fuel, leaving 2 million residents of the coastal enclave with only four hours of electricity a day in what the UN cautions could be the tipping point to making Gaza "unlivable."
No end to commuters’ plight in sight
Increased fare as usual coupled with a shortage of transport caused the commuters to suffer on Monday as the drive to restore order to the chaotic city transport sector entered its second day. Altercations between transport workers and passengers were the common scene on the road while a journalist was injured at Mirpur for protesting at charging of extra fare.
Govt to introduce digitalised fare collection system in bus services
Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority is going to introduce digitalised fare collection system for the commuters of the BRTC bus service in Dhaka city from next month.
PM flies to Thimphu today
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Thimphu on Tuesday morning on a three-day official tour to attend the international conference on autism and nuero developmental disorders. The three-day conference begins at the royal banquet hall in the Bhutanese capital on Wednesday.
RISHA KILLING Obaidul indicted
Alleged stalker Obaidul Khan, also a tailor, was indicted for hacking 14-year-old Willes Little Flower School student Suraiya Akhter Risha to death in front of her school at Kakrail in Dhaka in August 2016 that triggered countrywide protests.
FIVE YEARS OF DISAPPEARANCE: Govt apathy blamed for failure to rescue Ilias
The family, relatives and followers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party former organising secretary M Ilias Ali, reportedly a victim of enforced disappearance, blamed government’s apathy for the failure to find out his whereabouts even inside five years of the disappearance.
The battle to save lives at sea: Record number of migrants rescued
Calm seas, desperate migrants and ruthless human traffickers all played a role in a record-breaking weekend of maritime rescues in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Libya.
Commuters left in lurch as chaos rules road
The drive against buses charging extra and doing other irregularities brought only miseries to the commuters in the capital on Sunday amid a shortage of transport and an utter confusion over the rate of fares.
Knowing history most important for next generation: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said it’s foremost important for the next generation to know the history of the country for imbuing them with the spirit of patriotism and building their good character.
GULSHAN CAFÉ ATTACK Tahmid acquitted of charge
A Dhaka metropolitan court on Sunday acquitted Bangladeshi origin Canadian student Tahmid Hasib Khan, one of the survivors of the Gulshan café attack on July 1, 2016, of the charge of hiding information from the police about the extremist attack.
