Professor Anu Muhammad, Department of Economics, Jahangirnagar University : The leaders of the transport worker unions are ministers – something that is absolutely against the law. How can a minister be the leader of a worker organization? The transport workers are be ...বিস্তারিত
M Humayun Kabir: Police fired teargas shells at the protesting students at Jhigatola intersection in the city while they were trying to take position there demanding safe roads. At least four protesters were injured when the ruling party’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra ...বিস্তারিত
Sayeed Muhammad: Aw-ami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said a group of political infiltrators posing themselves as student protesters attacked the Awami League president's political office at Dhanmondi, Dhaka. “A total 17 leaders and activists of Awami League ...বিস্তারিত
Sayeed Muhammad: With rumours in the air that four schoolgirls were raped with many saying that two students were killed, Jigatola in the capital saw intense clashes between several groups of attackers and the students demanding road safety. The tense situation started inte ...বিস্তারিত
Hossen Sohel: The protesting students yesterday halted the vehicle of the Chief of Bangladesh Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka and found licence of his driver expired. The students stopped the car of PBI chief Deputy Inspector Genera ...বিস্তারিত
Desk report: At least 25,120 people died in road accidents across the country in the past three and a half years, reports the daily star. This record suggests 20 people were killed in Bangladesh every day. Another 62,482 people were injured in the road accidents that occure ...বিস্তারিত
Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman, Vice Chancellor of Jagannath University According to the laws of Bangladesh, there is no scope to call a transport strike without serving a prior notice. The road permit will be cancelled if a vehicle remains stationary on a road without any rea ...বিস্তারিত
UNB: The government has given approval to implement 47 projects under Public Private Partnership (PPP) aimed at enhancing investment and employment generation. The combined value of these 47 projects comes to USD 12.6 billion. According to the sources, as per the decision o ...বিস্তারিত
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor and Founder Chair, Dept. of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka : High School students have occupied the city streets to protest the death of two school children who were run over by a bus while waiting on the pav ...বিস্তারিত
Afsan Chowdhury, Researcher, Political Analyst : The government says it is in favour of holding talks, BNP gives conditions for holding a dialogue. I think this is purely a matter of bigwigs; small fries like us have nothing to be concerned here. A dialogue will be held whe ...বিস্তারিত