A group of jobseekers has announced a hartal in Rangamati from 6am Thursday to 6pm Friday, alleging quota discrimination in the district council’s recruitment of primary assistant teachers. The call came at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon at a restaurant in Banorupa under the banne
India has again started issuing business visas for Bangladeshi nationals, the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka has said. Applications are being handled on a fast-track basis in emergencies, Pranay Kumar Verma said while speaking at an event titled “Pharma Connect” in Dhaka’s Bar
At least 100 rooms of a tin shed colony were destroyed in a massive fire that broke out in the Jorun area of Konabari in Gazipur. The fire started at 5 pm on Wednesday in a room of the colony and quickly spread to the surrounding rooms. Initially, locals tried to extinguish the fire, but as it int
Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Aricha highway remained suspended for three houses as the workers of different brick kilns blocked the highway protesting the government decision to dismantle the brick kilns and declared Savar as “degraded airshed” by the Department of Environment (DoE). Wi
Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP on Wednesday demanded appointments of returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) from the Election Commission’s own staff in the elections to bring a positive change in the country’s politics. “If you show courage once to tak
