Traffic chaos in city as curfew relaxes
People rushed onto roads in Dhaka on Wednesday, creating chaos and traffic congestion as authorities relaxed the curfew for seven hours in trouble-hit Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and Narsingdi districts...
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Dhaka traffic halted, highways across Bangladesh blocked as students rage
Traffic movement in Dhaka and elsewhere in Bangladesh became standstill since Tuesday morning as students demanding quota reform blocked different important points in the capital and highways in different parts of the country....
Dhaka, Delhi must work together to stop illegal organ trade
THE detention of three Bangladeshis and four Indians, including a surgeon, by the Delhi police in the past week for illegal trafficking in organs, suggests that the authorities of both the countries have failed to stop transnational illegal organ trade that has continued for years. The detained surgeon of the Delhi-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals...
Three sent to jail over trafficking Bangladeshi woman to China
A Rangamati court on Thursday sent three people to jail after they were arrested on Wednesday night over alleged involvement in trafficking a woman from Bangladesh鈥檚 Chattogram Hill Tracts to China....
Rain, tailback cause sufferings to HSC candidates on first day
The Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations began on Sunday when downpours brought woes to the candidates in Dhaka and Chattogram cities amid water stagnation, shortage of transports and traffic congestion...
Govt must scale up efforts to stop trafficking in persons
Trafficking in persons in and from Bangladesh continues amidst a lack of efforts on part of the authorities. Although the government claims to have taken special measures to stop human trafficking, incidents of internal and transnational trafficking in persons have continued, suggesting the inadequacy of the measures taken...
Bangladesh remains in Tier 2 in US TIP report
The Government of Bangladesh does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so as the country remains in the 鈥楾ier 2鈥� category, according to the US Department of State鈥檚 Trafficking in Persons Report 2024 published on Monday...
No traffic jam on roads ahead of Eid: Quader
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said that there was no traffic congestion on the country鈥檚 roads and highways despite the pressure of vehicles during the Eid journey....
Milton Samadder on 4-day remand in human trafficking case
The Detective Branch of police said on Sunday that the chairman of Child and Old Age Care, Milton Samadder, used to cut off the fingers of children, including those with autism or learning disabilities, at his charity home in the name of surgery...
DMP traffic rules routinely violated
Most of the directives issued by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to improve the city traffic system six years ago are being flouted frequently, ever...
Bangladesh joins confce on drug trafficking in Mauritius
State minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat joined the first ministerial conference on drug trafficking and substance abuse in the Western Indian Ocean in Mauritius...
Traffic constable injured after being crushed in city
A traffic constable was critically injured after being crushed between two buses at Jatrabari area in the capital on Thursday...