Workers harass 83pc female passengers sexually: study

Around 83 per cent women who regularly avail public transports in the country were sexual harassed by transport workers on roads, showed a report published on Saturday.

Fazle Shams made JL chairman, Mainul GS

Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil were made ruling Awami League-backed youth body Awami Juba League chairman and general secretary respectively for a three-

Bangladesh can’t deal with Rohingya situation alone: Ban Ki-moon

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called for a political solution to the Rohingya crisis allowing them to return to their places of origin in Rakhine State ‘freely and safely’.

Dhaka disproportionately urbanised in rural Bangladesh: discussion

The Centre for Urban Studies honorary chairman Professor Nazrul Islam on Saturday said that Dhaka was disproportionally urbanised in comparison to other cities in Bangladesh.

9 killed as bus rams microbus

At least nine members of a wedding party, seven of them family members and close relatives, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on the Dhaka-

Workers stick to demand for road law amendment

Leaders of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation on Friday said that they would stick to their previous eight-point demands for amendment of the Road Transport Act 2018.

Fascist govt eats up everything, says Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the government turned fascist and was eating up everything of the country.

9 Bangladeshi human traffickers deported from Brunei

At least nine Bangladeshis, who were allegedly involved in human trafficking activities in Brunei, have been deported by the Brunei authorities, according to Bangladesh High Commission.

AL suspends MP Tamanna for cheating in exam

Tamanna Nusrat Bubli, a member of parliament from reserved seat 24, who had made headlines for cheating in degree examination test, was suspended Friday by the Awami League.

Don’t pay heed to propaganda, says PM

Mentioning the recent rumours over the scarcity of onion and salt in the market, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all not to pay heed to such propaganda.