Pankag Karmakar

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
June 4, 2016
June 4, 2016

Final phase of UP polls today

Another 698 union parishads (UPs) go to the polls in the sixth and final phase today, after the electioneering and voting days in all the

June 1, 2016
June 1, 2016

EC content just by sending letters to home ministry

The Election Commission's measures to curb violence in the ongoing union parishad polls remain confined to only sending letters to the home ministry, asking for its help.

May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016

EC receives scores of complaints

The Election Commission has received scores of complaints over anomalies in the fifth phase of the union parishad polls held on May 28.

May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016

Bus fare cut turns out to be farce

The reduced passenger fares announced by the government on May 3 have not been implemented amid slack monitoring by the road transport and bridges ministry.

May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016

Independents, rebels lobby for fair polls

As an independent chairman candidate in the ongoing Union Parishad polls, she does not want any extra favour; rather her

May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016

EC seeks more action to check polls violence

As violence continued with each phase of the Union Parishad polls gone by, the Election Commission has asked the home ministry to

May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016

Ballot stuffing by polling officers ominous

The tendency of polling officials increasingly getting involved in stuffing ballot boxes in the ongoing union parishad (UP) polls has

May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016

UP polls: 4th phase of voting today

Another 703 unions of 47 districts go to polls in the fourth phase today amid tension and fear of violence as many ruling Awami

May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016

Long-haul bus fare reduced by 3 paisa

The government yesterday slashed the fare for long-haul buses by 3 paisa per kilometre, drawing criticism from

May 1, 2016
May 1, 2016

Troubles of Bangladesh's transport workers

The usual eight-hour working time a day is not applicable for him. He has to work almost double the time.