The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 on Sunday relieved 14 people, including interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and health adviser Nurjahan Begum, of a case filed on charges of embezzlement of Tk 25.22 crore from the Grameen Telecom Workers鈥� Welfare Fund...
Bangladesh Retired Police Welfare Association in a statement on Thursday demanded trial of those members of the police involved in killings and torture of protesting people, including students, during protests for quota reform in government jobs...
Outgoing Norwegian Ambassador Espen Rikter-Svendsen paid a farewell call on prime minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in city on Tuesday...
At least 801 people were killed and 3,267 others injured in 557 road crashes across the country in June, according to a report published by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh issued on Wednesday...
THE plights of exploited migrant workers have fallen on deaf ears of successive governments as the number of death in destination countries continues to increase. The Wage Earners and Welfare Board says that at least 4,261 Bangladeshis died abroad in July 2023鈥揓une 2024. Official statistics also report a staggering 41,053 death in 2002鈥�2021...
No decision has been made till Sunday night over the metro rail fare hike from Monday following the exemption of the Value Added Tax on tickets.....
The numbers of deaths and injured people in road crashes in the country increased significantly during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, said a report of the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Wednesday...
The Dhaka Special Judge鈥檚 Court-4 on Wednesday charged Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and 13 others with embezzlement of Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers鈥� Welfare Fund...
The fares of three inter-country trains on Bangladesh-India routes are going to be hiked by Tk 70 to Tk 305 from June 15...
At least 708 people were killed and 2,426 others injured in 683 road crashes across the country in April, said a report published by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh...
An international conference on cancer and palliative care is scheduled to be held at Kumudini Complex in Mirzapur of Tangail on May 22, the authorities said at a press conference organised at Kumudini鈥檚 Dhaka office on Sunday...
The leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Friday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the Awami League government not to increase train fares as it would further the sufferings of common people struggling due to price hikes of essential commodities...
The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads, and Railways, a civil society group, has opposed Bangladesh Railway's decision to eliminate fare discounts starting May 4, which will lead to a significant increase in train fares by 20 to 30 per cent for journeys exceeding 100 km....
THE Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 decision to increase fares on long routes is worrisome as people are already burdened with unprecedented inflation. The authorities have decided to increase the fares by cancelling the distance-based rebate...
Different organisations, including the Socialist Party of Bangladesh and Institute for Planning and Development urged the government to refrain from imposing value added tax on metro rail fares...
The Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Sunday observed that passengers would have to pay an extra amount of Tk 983.94 crore in fare while leaving Dhaka during the eid vacation.....
Different organisations, including the Socialist Party of Bangladesh and Institute for Planning and Development urged Bangladesh government to refrain from imposing value added tax on metro rail fares....
Leaders of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) on Saturday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the government to refrain from increasing metro rail fare....
The bus fare re-fixation committee on Monday proposed reducing bus fares by Tk 0.03 per kilometre following a slight decrease in fuel oil prices...