At least 10 people were injured and several houses torched during a clash between activists of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Awami League in Bheramara…

Ethnic people of Chapainawabganj district will set for a 60-kilometre long march from Nachole to Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner’s office on  Sunday demanding separate land commission for the plain land ethnic people. They declared the programme in a press conference yesterday at Chapainawabganj…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a pilot project with Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) to increase the quality and reliability of the BRTC bus service, said a press release. Working with GoBD, a local Bangladesh start-up that provides real-time traffic data, UNDP…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the construction work of Dhaka-Chittagong expressway will start soon, reports BSS. The minister said the concerned authorities are framing design for the expressway for developing an advanced communication network between the capital…

Forty eight people were held by law enforcers in separate drives in Jhenidah and Satkhira. In Jhenidah, police arrested seven activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chattra Shibir in separate drives in four upazilas early yesterday over suspicion of subversive activities. In Satkhira, a ‘joint force’…

The government has set a target to procure 2 lakh metric tonnes of Aman rice at Tk 31 per kg in the current season, reports UNB. Food Minister Qamrul Islam disclosed the decision yesterday while talking to reporters after a meeting of Food Planning and Monitoring Committee at the ministry. He said the…

Chittagong: A domestic help died after falling off a multi-storied building in the city’s Chakbazar area yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Bali Akhter Poly, 14, an inhabitant of Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. She worked in the house of Imtiaz Uddin at Mehedibagh…

A transport worker was seriously injured after he was attacked by a group of youth in Chandmuha Haat area under Gokul union of Bogra sadar upazila yesterday evening. The victim, Benazir Ahmed, 28, of Sibpur area of the district, was attacked after he denied allowing the group of youth to board his bus.…