Dhaka's Jurain, Shyampur residents protest prolonged gas, power shortages
4 September 2026
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Utilities
Over 164,000 Chattogram residents targeted in new safe-water initiative
4 September 2026
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Utilities
Gas crisis slows factories, disrupts life in Gazipur
3 August 2026
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Utilities
Chattogram gas crisis leaves households without cooking fuel
2 August 2026
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Utilities
3 days without power: Japan Garden City residents in distress
9 July 2026
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Utilities
Ctg WASA gets full-time MD after 18 months
21 May 2026
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Utilities
Unapproved digging led to two workers’ deaths in Ctg Wasa project: Probe body
1 May 2026
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Utilities
Gas supply to remain suspended for 16hrs in Savar, Gazipur tomorrow
9 October 2025
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Utilities
Power returns to parts of capital after 2.5-hr blackout
22 June 2025
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Power and Energy
DSCC administrator gets additional role as WASA MD
18 May 2025
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Utilities
Mitigating Waterlogging in Chattogram City: Over Tk 3,000cr spent, yet no remedy in sight
When the Executive Committee for National Economic Council (Ecnec) in August 2017 approved a Tk 7,916 crore project for Chattogram Development Board (CDA) to mitigate the waterlogging crisis, port city dwellers were exhilarated, expecting the perennial woes to end by 2020, as per the project deadline.
2 August 2021
‘Threats by pilots to refrain from extra flights tarnished Biman’s commercial interest’
The national airliner today said threats by pilots of Biman that that they would refrain from flying extra flights if the authorities do not address salary disparity between pilots and other employees by July 30 tarnished Biman's commercial interest.
15 July 2021
Italy keen to invest EUR 200m in Bangladesh’s rural infrastructure
Italy has expressed interest in investing 200 million Euros in Bangladesh for development of rural infrastructure, transportation system, drinkable water, and drainage system.
11 July 2021
Stop support for Banshkhali Power Plant
One hundred twenty-nine individuals and 74 organisations from 21 countries, including Bangladesh, wrote to Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao urging him to withdraw and end provision of finance and technical support to the SS Power I Ltd (Banshkhali Power Plant) in Chattogram immediately.
22 June 2021
Unholy nexus giving gas connections
Despite being not directly linked to Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, they would go to households to assist linemen and supervisors of the national gas distributor.
16 June 2021
Aviation sector faces rough ride
Air travel within the country is going to get costlier as Padma Oil Company, the only source of jet fuel in the country, has once again increased the price of the fuel.
10 June 2021
LPG Prices: Fixed but not enforced
Consumers are being compelled to buy liquified petroleum gas (LPG) at a much higher price than the one set by the regulator.
8 May 2021
Gas supply Disruption in City: Titas, RHD trade blame
Thousands of people in different parts of the capital suffered badly after being hit by a severe gas crisis as a Titas connection was damaged in Amin Bazar on the outskirts of the city on Monday night.
23 March 2021
AL rebel quits Sitakunda municipal polls after attack
A mayor aspirant pulls out of Sitakunda municipality election following an attack on his press conference by Awami League activists last night.
28 December 2015
11 charged with RU Prof Shafiul murder
Eleven people including a Jubo Dal leader is charged with the killing of Rajshahi University's sociology professor AKM Shafiul Islam.
17 December 2015
Malta cultivation sees success in Bhaluka of Mymensingh
Aftab Uddin Chanu of Bhaluka upazila under the district has set an example of successful commercial culitvation of malta, a popular
10 December 2015
MRP: Dhaka seeks 2yr deadline extension
The government officially requests the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to extend its deadline by two years for issuing Machine Readable Passport (MRP) for Bangladeshi nationals who are still carrying handwritten passports in different countries across the world.
25 November 2015
Over 6 lakh Indian bidis seized, one arrested
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a man and seized over six lakh Indian bidis worth Tk13.66 lakh from Nalua area under Doarabazar upazila of Sunamganj district yesterday.
24 November 2015
Record number of Bangladeshi students study in US
A record number of 5,455 Bangladeshis studied in universities in the US over the course of 2014-2015 academic year, according to a new finding.
19 November 2015
7 idols vandalised
Police arrested two youths on charge of vandalising idols at a temple in Chanpur village of Baralekha upazila under the district on Tuesday
14 October 2015
PDB ex-chairman killed at Madhya Badda house
Former chairman of Power Development Board (PDB) Mohammad Khizir Khan is found dead at his Madhya Badda residence in Dhaka.
5 October 2015
Gang storms school, assaults teacher in classroom
Teachers and students of North Bengal Paper Mills High School at Paksey in Ishwardi upazila of the district formed a human chain and
16 September 2015
Blogger Ananta murder: Accused admits involvement
Mannan Rahi, an accused of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder, gives a confessional statement before a Sylhet court.
2 September 2015
Operation against Myanmar separatists tomorrow
A joint force of Bangladesh Army and Border Guard Bangladesh will launch an 'all-out' operation tomorrow on Thanchi border in Bandarban to flush out the Myanmar separatist group that fired on a BGB team this morning.
26 August 2015
Yet another blogger killed
Yet another online activist is stabbed to death by unknown assailants at his East Goran residence in Dhaka.
7 August 2015