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
July 16, 2015
July 16, 2015

Journey highly risky

Overcrowded launches with too little safety gear left the Sadarghat and Mawa launch terminals in the capital and Munshiganj yesterday, putting the lives of thousands of home-goers at risk.

July 12, 2015
July 12, 2015

Stuck in Guinea for 7 months

Twenty-two crew of a Bangladeshi cargo vessel remain stranded in the African country of Guinea for more than seven months, as the authorities there seized the ship upon filing of compensation lawsuits by importers.

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