Rickshaws in limbo in city streets
Sixteen years since the authorities stopped issuing licences to rickshaws, there are about 10 lakh unregistered rickshaws on the streets and a third about all trips are still covered by rickshaws. In the absence of government authorisation, many rickshaws now receive patronage from unions.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : Attacks, cases browbeat opposition
With only three days left for the election to 234 municipalities, ruling Awami League men seem to be on a spree of filing cases against their rival candidates since Wednesday night in a bid to scare them off electioneering while attacks on rivals continued unabated.
CJ demands twice as many subordinate judges
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Saturday requested the government to raise the number of subordinate court judges by at least two times.
Navy to get 2 submarines next year: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said two submarines will be added to the fleet of Bangladesh Navy by mid next year to turn it into a three-dimensional force.
BNP briefs diplomats on ‘irregularities’
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday briefed foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka on the ‘violation of electoral code by the ruling party’, the ‘biased’ role of the administration and the ‘subservient’ role of the Election Commission in the municipal polls to 234 municipalities slated for December 30.
600 homeless in separate slum fires in city
Separate fires at slums in the capital’s Adabor and Tejgaon areas damaged more than 130 shanties, leaving over 600 people homeless on Wednesday.
Five-day REHAB fair begins in city
Housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said allowing undeclared money to invest in the housing sector could reduce siphoning off money abroad. He suggested removing legal complications regarding the use of undeclared money for buying or constructing houses.
Outcome of WTO’s MC10 frustrating for B’desh: CPD
The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Wednesday termed the outcome of the 10th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation frustrating for the least developed countries like Bangladesh.
Bangladesh to move ahead overcoming all obstacles: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed the firm resolve that Bangladesh would continue to move ahead overcoming all obstacles with the united efforts of people of all religions.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : BNP leaders Altaf, Zainul come under attack
Two senior leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party came under attacks in Patuakhali and Comilla by ruling Awami League activists on Tuesday while they were conducting electioneering for BNP mayoral candidates for the December 30 municipal polls.
