Passenger bus set ablaze in Dhaka
Unidentified gunmen intercepted a passenger bus in Dhaka Friday morning by firing blank shots before leading all passengers out to set the bus on fire.
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JU students seize 28 buses
The Students of Jahangirnagar University on Tuesday night seized 28 buses of the private operator Capital Paribahan after a female student was allegedly pushed off a moving vehicle by the driver鈥檚 assistant, leaving her injured...
Sylhet transport strike begins today
Sylhet Zila Sarak Paribahan Malik-Sramik Oikya Parishad, a combined platform of the district road transport owners and workers, on Monday announced that they would go on a transport strike for indefinite period in the district from today...
Hazaribagh canal reflects chronic urban mismanagement
THE deplorable condition of the Hazaribagh canal, running through several wards in Dhaka鈥檚 south, is a distressing but unsurprising manifestation of deteriorating urban ecology. A once-functional waterway has been reduced to a choked, festering canal of solid waste. The canal, which connects the Kalunagar sluice gate to the River Buriganga, has not been properly cleaned...
Choked Hazaribagh canal causes health risks
Residents of several wards of the Dhaka South City Corporation continue to suffer as the Hazaribagh canal that flows through the area remains choked with waste, spreading a foul smell...
A misinterpreted equivalence
THIS article builds on the earlier piece 鈥楻iba, Money and Interest Paradox鈥�, which exposed the inconsistency of condemning interest as immoral while simultaneously benefiting from interest-based systems 鈥� such as earning salaries from banks or utilising public infrastructure financed by interest-bearing loans. It highlighted that institutions like the IMF and...
3-member committee formed to probe Rabindra Kacharibari attack
The Department of Archeology has constituted a three-member probe committee to investigate into the attack and damage of the Rabindra Kacharibari under Shahjadpur upazila of the district.
100 acres of land in Mirpur Bheribandh reclaimed
The Bangladesh Water Development Board on Wednesday began its drive to remove illegal structures from the land acquired for the flood control embankment in Mirpur Bheribandh...
Man, niece killed in Lalmonirhat road crash
A man and his niece were killed after being run over by a speeding bus in the Swarnamati Bridge area of Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat on Friday, the police said.
Motorcyclist dies after being hit by bus in city
A motorcyclist was killed after he was hit by a Ramzan Paribahan bus in the capital鈥檚 Rampura area on Thursday.
Warehouses, factories at Hazaribagh gutted in fire
A fire that broke out at warehouses in the capital鈥檚 Hazaribagh area on Friday was doused after about five hours of effort by 11 firefighting units.
Flower trader killed being hit by bus, 2 arrested
The police arrested the driver and the assistant of a Shyamoli Paribahan bus that killed a flower trader by hitting him at Shahbagh in the capital on Thursday...
Juba Dal leader dies after clash with JCD
A Juba Dal leader died under treatment on Wednesday, five days after he was stabbed during a clash with the activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at Hazaribagh in the capital on November 15...
City buses to operate on 42 routes
Transport companies can apply to operate under Nagar Paribahan, an initiative aimed at bringing discipline to Dhaka鈥檚 mass transport system, until November 30.
11 killed in Pak tribal clash
At least 11 people were killed and eight were injured in shooting incidents in Kunj Alizai area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa鈥檚 Kurram district, hospital and local officials said on Saturday...
Girl dies after father hits her head against wall
A five-year-old girl died after her father allegedly hit her head against a wall in the Hazaribagh area of 鈥嬧�媡he capital...
