Work on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway resumes near FDC in the capital after a dispute over shares between the private partners of the Public-Private Project halted work for over nine months. The photo was taken yesterday.
Photo: Rashed Shumon
Demanding arrears, several hundred RMG workers blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Basan area of Gazipur. The workers of five factories under T&Z Group demonstrated for the second consecutive day yesterday to press home their demand, creating huge tailback on the highway.
Photo: Monjurul Haque
At least 10 people were beaten up in Gulistan and neighbouring areas on suspicion of being associated with AL and its front organisations.
To resist the Awami League’s bid to bring out processions towards Zero Point to mark Noor Hossain Day, leaders and activists of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, BNP, and Jamaat took positions at Bangabandhu Avenue and Zero Point areas yesterday.
Police early yesterday arrested 10 persons with posters of newly-elected US President Donald Trump in Dhaka. According to the DMP, AL President Sheikh Hasina, through an audio clip, allegedly instructed her party leaders and activists to hold rallies using such posters as part of a plan to damage the friendly relations between Bangladesh and the US. Photo: Amran Hossain, DMP
Wreaths cover Noor Hossain Square after several organisations paid their tributes. Photo: Amran Hossain, DMP
