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Extra fare being charged from passengers: Jatri Kalyan Samity
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has brought allegation of charging extra fare from passengers in all modes of transports ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha and called upon authorities to ensure hassle-free journey of the holidaymakers.
10 August 2019
Joy of Eid washed away in flood
Eid no longer means joy for the residents of five upazilas in Sirajganj, as they have lost everything in the recent flood.
10 August 2019
4th grader dies of dengue in Barishal
A fourth grader dies of dengue after she went to visit her grandparents with her family in Rajapur town of Jhalakhathi.
10 August 2019
5-tier security net for Nat'l Eidgah, Baitul Mukarram
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken five-tier security arrangements for National Eidgah ground and national mosque Baitul Mukarram for Eid prayers.
10 August 2019
Eid journey turns tragic
Journey towards home for celebrating Eid-ul-Adha turns tragic for a family from Patuakhali.
10 August 2019
Mother's struggle to spend Eid with children
Moyna Akter, one of the millions of passengers suffering due to the transportation chaos, finally got on a train after struggling for over 16 hours.
10 August 2019
Plea moved with Indian SC challenging repeal of Article 370
Omar Abdullah-led National Conference move the Supreme Court challenging the Indian government’s move to abrogate Article 370 which gave Jammu and Kashmir a special status and to bifurcate it into two federally-ruled territories.
10 August 2019
Cattle markets see less buyers; traders fear losses
Cattle traders, who have brought sacrificial animals to Dhaka’s cattle markets from various parts of the country, are fearing losses due to low presence of buyers.
10 August 2019
Midday Brief, Saturday, August 10, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on August 10, 2019
10 August 2019
New time for train announced after schedule collapses
Bangladesh Railway has rescheduled the departure time of several trains from Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station amid immense sufferings of holidaymakers.
10 August 2019
Highways see no tailbacks: Quader
Vehicles are moving slowly but there are no tailbacks on the highways across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.
10 August 2019
Landslide in southeast Myanmar kills at least 34 people
A landslide buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar, killing at least 34 people, an official says.
10 August 2019
Eid rush: Long queue at Shimulia ferry ghat
Hundreds of Eid holidaymakers are waiting in line to cross the Shimulia-Kathalbari ferry ghat due to heavy pressure of vehicles with only two days left for Eid-ul-Azha.
10 August 2019
Bear falls on Northern California patrol car
A patrol car is struck by a falling bear in Northern California.
10 August 2019
65km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway; 2 vehicles vandalised
Eid holidaymakers, who have been suffering immensely on Dhaka-Tangail highway due to 65-kilometre tailback, vandalise two vehicles in Tangail.
10 August 2019
‘Robber’ killed in Patuakhali ‘gunfight’
A listed robber is killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Sadar upazila of Patuakhali.
10 August 2019
5 killed in mysterious rocket test accident
Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom said that five of its staff members had been killed in an accident during tests on a military site in northern Russia, the RIA news agency reports.
10 August 2019
NKorea conducts new missile tests as Trump backs Kim on war games
North Korea conducts the latest in a series of missile launches to protest US-South Korean war games, just hours after US President Donald Trump expressed his own frustration with the exercises.
10 August 2019
Super Typhoon Lekima slams into southeast China
Super Typhoon Lekima slammed into southeastern China, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds that knocked out power, downed thousands of trees and forced more than one million people from their homes, state media reports.
10 August 2019
Cattle trader sent to jail for fattening cows with medicines
A mobile court of Rapid Action battalion (Rab) today sent a cattle trader to jail for using injections for fattening his cows at Gabtoli cattle market in capital Dhaka.
9 August 2019