Goods carrying transport workers in Dinajpur has called a 96-hour strike from today, protesting unauthorized extortion on roads and highways and harassment by police and officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authorities (BRTA) in the name of checking documents and valid driving licence.

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has decided to construct a road leading from Ruma Mukh to Galengya in Bandarban’s remote Ruma upazila by cutting a nearby hill.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to remain alert as anti-liberation forces along with their companions were still conspiring against Bangladesh taking assistance from abroad.

The body of Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot Captain Nawshad Ataul Qaiyum, who passed away in a Nagpur hospital yesterday, is likely to reach Dhaka on Thursday morning.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today fined an organisation Tk 2.5 lakh for poor management of medical waste.

Five political parties have failed to submit their annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for 2020, an official of Election Commission said today.

At least 266 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours (till 8:00am) today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram (region) fined 29 brick kilns Tk 108,70,000 for damaging environment by cutting hills in Lama upazila of Bandarban.

Padma Bank, erstwhile Farmers Bank, has sought to merge with the state bank in its desperate effort to avoid further deterioration of its financial health, a finance ministry official said.

Bangladesh will face intense competition in the EU market after its graduation from the least developed country category, a noted economist said today.

Low-lying areas of Manikganj have been inundated as water of all rivers, including Padma and Jamuna, in the district continues to rise due to incessant rainfall for the last few days and the onrush of water from upstream, marooning several thousand families in three upazilas of Manikganj.

Chairman of parliamentary standing committees on different ministries today urged the government to amend the existing tobacco control laws to implement a tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040.

Eighty-six people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Lakhs of people on Teesta are waiting for the implementation of the Teesta mega project. With industrial development and business opportunities the project is set to bring, the people of this area will have a shot at a better life.

Janmashtami, the celebration of Sri Krishna’s birth and one of the major festivals of the Hindu community, was celebrated yesterday in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told Bangladeshi refugees in Cooch Behar today that India was doing all it could do to promote the cause of the Bangladesh liberation struggle.

Transnational human trafficking syndicates are now targeting women in city slums and selling them to brothels in India after promising them lucrative jobs.

Though born in Kolkata and studied at St Xavier’s College there, the foundation of one of Bengal’s most popular writers Buddhadeb Guha’s creative mind was shaped by his extensive journey through the swathes and rivers of Rangpur, Jaipurhat and Barisal districts.

Capt Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum, a reputed pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, who suffered a massive heart attack while in command of a Muscat-Dhaka flight, died in an Indian hospital yesterday. 

In Gutudia, Khulna, there is only one tubewell for four villages and their six thousand residents. Many wait for their turn for hours, and many walk, cycle and even sail miles for getting daily water supply.