road blockade

Fakhrul gets bail in 2012 blockade case

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir secures bail in a case filed over the party’s anti-government road blockade in Dhaka in 2012.

Editorial / City brought to its knees

March 30 was a terrible day to be on the road. Commuters were stuck for hours on end as major roads were blocked due to three reasons...

RMG workers block road, vandalise 3 buses

Workers of three garment factories block a road at Kamalapur in Dhaka and vandalise at least three buses while protesting the death of their colleague in a road accident.

Khagrachhari schoolboy dies as blockaders attack mini-truck

A schoolboy dies after falling down from a mini-truck when the vehicle came under the attack of UPDF activists during a road blockade in Khagrachhari Sadar.

Garment worker's death in road crash sparks protest in Narayanganj

Garment workers set a bus afire after it ran over one of their colleagues in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj this morning. Agitating workers also vandalised at least 10 vehicles, witnesses say.

June 1, 2016
June 1, 2016

Fakhrul gets bail in 2012 blockade case

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir secures bail in a case filed over the party’s anti-government road blockade in Dhaka in 2012.

April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016

City brought to its knees

March 30 was a terrible day to be on the road. Commuters were stuck for hours on end as major roads were blocked due to three reasons...

December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015

RMG workers block road, vandalise 3 buses

Workers of three garment factories block a road at Kamalapur in Dhaka and vandalise at least three buses while protesting the death of their colleague in a road accident.

December 1, 2015
December 1, 2015

Khagrachhari schoolboy dies as blockaders attack mini-truck

A schoolboy dies after falling down from a mini-truck when the vehicle came under the attack of UPDF activists during a road blockade in Khagrachhari Sadar.

March 28, 2015
March 28, 2015

Garment worker's death in road crash sparks protest in Narayanganj

Garment workers set a bus afire after it ran over one of their colleagues in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj this morning. Agitating workers also vandalised at least 10 vehicles, witnesses say.