BRTA runs mobile courts to stop charging extra bus fares Star Newsbytes Today, the BRTA conducted mobile courts at the various streets in the capital following allegations of overcharging passengers on CNG-powered buses.

The Bangladesh Association of Construction Industry (BACI) has urged the authorities concerned to adjust the prices of ongoing government funded projects through a special circular to help them recover from the losses caused by the high prices of raw materials.

Regarding former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha's conviction in a money laundering case today, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said it is not a good day for the judiciary.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is set to purchase modern machineries, vehicles and equipment along with planning to build an intermediate treatment facility in the capital’s Matuail central waste warehouse to upgrade the overall waste management.

Bangladesh's stock market bounced back today after a two-day fall.

The Digital Commerce Cell (DCC) plans to propose issuing unique business identification number and introducing a central complaints management system and a central logistic tracking platform to streamline the e-commerce sector, DCC Chief AHM Shafiquzzaman said today.

Ferries will resume operations on Shimulia-Banglabazar route today but only at daytime.

The leader of the Soviet parliamentary delegation in India, Kudrayavetsev, described the Bangladesh struggle as a “national liberation movement with elements of civil war in it”. He was speaking at the press club in New Delhi today.

Bangladesh wants to develop political and trade relations with France while the latter is keen to improve defence cooperation with Dhaka.

Leaders of truck and lorry owners and workers associations postponed their nationwide strike last night following a meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan at the secretariat.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam yesterday said that if any police official is dissatisfied with their job and wants a “better life”, they will be allowed to leave the profession with dignity.

The Supreme Court yesterday said if there was any fault in the executions of two Chuadanga men, Abdul Mokim and Golam Rasul Jharu, it was made by their lawyers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has questioned whether the BNP will be able to exist as a political party.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam today said that any kind of news should not be disseminated with distorted information.

The forest department today filed a case accusing three people of electrocuting an Asian male elephant to death in a trap installed to protect crops, at the Sonakai union of Satkania upazila of Chattogram on Saturday.

The railway work on the Padma Bridge will not start until the authorities concerned give a go-ahead, Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan said today.

The commerce ministry today formed a six-member committee to review the existing formula, which the government has been following since 2011 to fix the prices of basic commodities.

South Korean company Kido Dhaka Co Ltd is going to establish a high-end garments and sportswear manufacturing industry in Adamjee Export Processing Zone with an investment of $31.17 million.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in a week why they should not be directed to give compensation to child Raqibuzzaman who lost his right hand and right leg after being electrocuted by an electricity cable in Satkhira.

Ferry services on Shimulia-Banglabazar route on the Padma river resumed today after a month of suspension.