Minister’s direction to ease tailback falls on deaf ears
Communications minister Obaidul Kader’s direction to make straight the traffic on the road stretch from Shahbagh to Sonargaon Hotel for reducing traffic congestions is yet to be implemented. Full storyImmediate resumption of Biman’s Sylhet-London flight demanded
Sylhet Kalyan Sangstha, a voluntary welfare organisation, on Thursday formed a human chain in the city as part of their agitation programmes demanding immediate resuming of Biman’s direct flight between Sylhet and London. Full storyInterns call off strike at CMCH
Interns at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Thursday called off their indefinite strike on assurance from the authorities that their demands would be met and when Chhatra League activists made an... Full story‘Grabbers’ fail to hold press meet
A scheduled ‘meet the press’ with the journalists, organised by people who allegedly grabbed Christian lands worth Tk 30 crore in the city, was foiled in the face of demonstrations by Christian community members... Full storyTrade courses to open in polytech instts
The education ministry under its ‘skills development project’ is going to launch a short-term training for jobless young people in the country. The training styled ‘Market responsive trade course’ would be opened... Full storyExtortionist held
A man was arrested on Thursday on charge of attempting to extort money with a toy pistol and a fake bomb from a bank manager at the capital’s Dhanmondi. The Dhanmondi police nabbed Ashraful Islam... Full storyDU weeklong photography festival begins Sept 22
A weeklong national photography festival will be held at Dhaka University and Shilpakala Academy in the capital between September 22 and 27. DU Photographic Society will organise the festival, to be participated... Full storyBSU to observe Shikkha Dibas
