Pankag Karmakar

The Election Commission last night directed the returning officers of six municipality polls to investigate the allegations of violating electoral code of conduct by a minister and some lawmakers.

Ruling Awami League (AL) men allegedly continue violating the electoral code of conduct centring the municipality polls while apparently turning a deaf ear to the Election Commission's (EC) repeated directives.

Ruling Awami League lawmaker from Natore-2 Safiqul Islam Shimul yesterday apologised for violating electoral code of conduct and

Most of the owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaws are charging drivers more rent than the government fixed rate, forcing them to collect additional fare from the passengers.

A number of auto-rickshaw drivers made trips on a contract basis in the capital yesterday, when the new fare chart and mandatory use of the meter for charging passengers came into force.

Operators of intra-city bus services are overcharging passengers on most of the routes in the capital, defying the new fare chart set by the government.

Some bus operators in Dhaka have already raised fares while most are to do so in a couple of days as the new rates, fixed by the government in line with the recent hike in the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) and announced on September 10, came into effect yesterday.

With Eid holidays beginning from today, the chaotic rush of holiday makers reached its peak yesterday as thousands streamed out of the capital defying the rain and overcrowding of transports to go home.

Around 10:00am yesterday, Golam Kibria and his family started their journey to Tangail from the Mohakhali bus terminal in the capital.

Most of the tickets were “sold out” within a few hours after the counters opened at Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday, the second day of advance train ticket sale.

After a six-hour anxious wait in a long queue, Eid holidaymaker Mofazzal Hossain got his desired train ticket yesterday.

A chunk of tickets for different modes of transport is kept aside for VIPs ahead of Eid every year, forcing ordinary people to go through

The government yesterday hiked bus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw fares in Dhaka and Chittagong cities amid passengers' worry that transport operators may charge them more than the rate fixed.

Some bus operators in the capital are charging additional fare due to gas price hike, although the authorities concerned repeatedly said they would not increase it until the government decided about it.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has proposed increasing bus fare by 10 percent; however, private bus owners in Dhaka and Chittagong cities demanded the fare increase to be double that.

Private launch owners yesterday put forward two new proposals that aim to make large profits, but also put passengers' lives at risk.

Unfit human hauliers, driven by reckless drivers without licenses or with fake licenses, ply the Motijheel-Mugda route in the capital putting commuters' lives at risk.

The Election Commission is struggling to make the registered political parties submit their annual financial transaction reports in time,

Some senior field level officials of the Election Commission (EC) have proposed to scrutinise the authenticity of the annual audit

The Election Commission (EC) prepares to hold municipality polls in December, paving the way for a battle of ballots among the grassroots leaders of the ruling Awami League and BNP.