Waterlogging, traffic management top priority
With the Comilla City Corporation polls approaching, two prominent mayoral aspirants promise to address the city problems, if elected.
7y ago
Comilla City Election: Infighting may cost Awami League victory
Infighting within the district Awami League might make it difficult for mayor candidate Anjum Sultana Shima to win the upcoming Comilla City Corporation polls.
7y ago
Leading the way in judicial services
Back in 1984, women in judicial services was a rare sighting. But that did not stop Kabita Khanam from joining as a BCS judicial cadre
7y ago
Who's to blame for public suffering?
With the ongoing transport strike intensifying and spreading across the country, a number of transport workers yesterday said they called the shutdown with full backing of some top leaders of their association.
7y ago
People suffer in pointless strike
Just because a killer bus driver was sentenced to life, transport workers in 10 southern districts yesterday brought road communications to a grinding halt going on strike for an indefinite period.
7y ago
A warning for reckless drivers
A Manikganj court yesterday sentenced a bus driver to life imprisonment in a case filed over the road accident that killed noted filmmaker Tareque Masud, media personality Ashfaque Munier Mishuk and three others in 2011.
7y ago
Elections: EC to ensure participation of all parties
The new Election Commission yesterday discussed how to create an atmosphere conducive to all-party participation in polls -- both at
7y ago
No old, unfit buses after next month
The authorities concerned will launch a joint drive against over 20-year-old buses, unfit vehicles, and illegal drivers in the capital from March 1 to reduce congestion and the number of accidents on streets.
7y ago
July 23, 2016
BRTC facing fund crisis
Financial crisis is looming in the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) following implementation of the new pay
July 16, 2016
Confusion over road crash death count
Statistics by a non-government organisation on causalities in road accidents during Eid holidays contradict with the government data, raising confusion over the accurate number of victims.
July 11, 2016
Hassle-free return to city
Forgetting the usual hustle-bustle of city life, he played rural games, fished in the pond, planted trees, joined hours-long chitchats with school friends and cousins at his village home.
July 5, 2016
Launch, bus operators charge higher
With the rush of Eid holidaymakers getting momentum, bus and launch operators like previous years are overcharging passengers.
July 4, 2016
Home-goers risk their lives
Launch operators are cashing in on the huge rush of passengers and overloading their vessels on Mawa-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river risking lives of thousands ahead of eid.
June 30, 2016
Dodgy buses returning
Eid offers business opportunities for transport owners and they would never want to miss it. But there are some unscrupulous owners who would compromise with passenger safety just to make that extra profit.
June 24, 2016
Motorcyclists get on-spot registration service
Rayhan Uddin, a private job holder, bought a motorcycle a few months ago but could not register it due to time constraint.
June 21, 2016
Bus tickets for Eid trips vanish in few hours
Ashraful Alam had been standing in a queue at the Gabtoli counter of SR Paribahan since 8:00am yesterday to buy two advance tickets for June 4 to go to Dinajpur ahead of Eid.
June 20, 2016
Launches getting ready for Eid, fear of overcharging exists this year too
Like every year, owners are hectically repairing their launches to catch passengers ahead of Eid.
June 9, 2016
Reducing economic inequality must for achieving SDGs
Proper management of natural resources, reduction of disparity in property ownership between rich and poor as well as public-private partnership are crucial to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs), said discussants at an international conference yesterday.
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