Dhaka July 3, 2025, 5:17 pm
Bangladesh Truck Covered-Van Transport Owners Workers Unity Council has called an indefinite strike across the country from Wednesday (tomorrow) demanding amendment of the new Road Transport Act-2018.
Around 2.5 km out of 6.15-km of the much-hyped Padma Bridge has become visible after installation of the 16th span on Tuesday noon.
Bus workers continued their strike in a number of southern districts including Khulna and Satkhira for the 2nd consecutive day on Tuesday protesting against implementation of the Road Transport Act.
Tough law, soft implementation
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to arrive here on Friday on a brief visit which will be his second visit to Bangladesh this year after leaving the United Nations.
Six people, including a Bangladeshi national, were killed in an airstrike on a biscuit factory in Libya’s capital Tripoli on Monday, said the Bangladeshi envoy there.
Bus workers went on strike and blocked Dhaka-Mymenisngh highway on Monday morning protesting against implementation of the Road Transport Act.
The US has offered to conduct joint patrols with Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal, seemingly to ensure security in the country’s maritime area
A court here on Monday accepted the charge sheet against 25 accused and issued arrest warrant against four fugitive ones in Bangladesh University of Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad killing case.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday urged all concerned not to go on strike over the Road Transport Act, 2018.
Bus workers went on an indefinite strike in a number of southern districts including Jhenaidah, Khulna and Satkhira from Monday morning protesting against implementation of the Road Transport Act.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Monday said the Myanmar government is not out of the jurisdiction of International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC).
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reopen its labour market to Bangladesh workers as it was closed several years ago.
They clean wastes and garbage to keep the city clean and hygienic without using any protective gears, exposing themselves to various contagious diseases.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined the grand opening ceremony of the five-day 16th biennial “Dubai Air Show-2019′ this morning.
The much-talked-about Road Transport Act, 2018 came into effect on Sunday, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Sunday said China remains engaged since day one to help find a solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis.
Amid the overheated onion market, state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling onion imported from Myanmar at Tk 45 per kg in front of its head office in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Sunday
One of the experts says the pressure is not only building on Myanmar rather it is a pressure for Myanmar’s friends too who kept mum
Following demand from different quarters to stop the sending of female manpower to Saudi Arabia as they often face physical and sexual assault there