Sylhet District Road Transport Workers Coordinating Council consisting of 6 registered organizations called an indefinite strike in Sylhet from Tuesday to press for their five-point demand. All modes of public transport, including buses, CNG-run auto-rickshaws and freight trucks will stay off the roads in Sylhet from 6 am onwards, said a
Author: United News of Bangladesh
AL leader Sajeda Chowdhury passes away
Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, presidium member of the Awami League and deputy leader of the House, passed away Sunday night. She was 87. Sajeda, Faridpur-2 MP, breathed her last at 11: 40pm at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, Prime Minister's special assistant and Awami League Office Secretary, Barrister Biplab Barua said. The
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Couple killed with pregnant wife in Chandpur road crush
Bus-microbus collision kills newborn, 2 others
Three people, including a seven-day-old child, were killed and four others injured in a collision between a bus and a microbus in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur early Sunday. Two of the deceased were identified as Banya, 30, and Rafiqul, 40. The accident occurred around 5:30 am when the Nilphamari-bound bus of 'Bhai
IU student found dead in Meherpur
A female student of Islamic University (IU) was found dead at her parents-in-law's residence in the Kathuli Mor area of Meherpur's Gangni upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Tasnim Jahan Urmi, a fourth-year student of the folklore studies department of IU. According to the woman's father, Tasnim got married
Akbar Ali Khan dies
Former advisor to the caretaker government, civil servant and economist Dr Akbar Ali Khan passed away in Dhaka Thursday after prolonged illness. He was 78. Akbar Ali Khan was born in 1944 at Nabinagar in Brahamanbaria district. He studied history at Dhaka University and secured first place in first class
2 workers hurt as under-construction gate collapses
Two workers were injured as the under-construction gate of historical Durga Sagar Dighi (lake) collapsed at Madhabpasha union in Babuganj upazila of Barishal on Thursday. The incident occurred around 11 am and the injured workers were sent to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital, said Kamalesh Chandra Haldar, Officer-in-Charge of Barishal airport
Ex-SP Babul lodges complaint against 6 PBI officials
Former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter lodged a complaint before a court against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI) for torturing and attempting to kill him in police custody. Babul, who is now in jail in a case over the killing of her wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu,
Hasina, Modi ask officials to expedite CEPA negotiations
Bangladesh and India have agreed to start negotiations within the calendar year 2022 for signing the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart directed trade officials on both sides to complete these negotiations at the earliest and in time for Bangladesh's final graduation from