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Despite their popularity and cost-saving benefits, these battery-operated rickshaws are still not officially recognized in the country, leading to occasional disputes between auto-rickshaw drivers and law enforcers.Some people blame these vehicles, which can travel at high speeds on roads and highwa...
Despite the High Court ban, these battery-powered rickshaws are still running in the capital and elsewhere in the country, managing influential political leaders and police.That is why many illegal battery-powered rickshaws and three-wheeler autos ply across the country with little or no resistance ...
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In the face of modern motorized auto-rickshaws hitting the streets, the traditional manually-driven rickshaws are finding it hard to survive and compete in a fast growing economy of Dhaka city.In the fifties and sixties, rickshaws were one of the main public transports for travelling in sh...
Digital fraud gang members are swindling huge amounts of money from people in the name of freelancing, offering attractive remunerations in a short time while staying at home.However, most victims do not seek legal remedies for fear of embarrassment and additional trouble. Taking the opportunity of ...
Following the devastating fire at Bailey Road, the concerned authorities are apparently attempting to divert attention from negligence by conducting drives against restaurants and coffee shops in the capital, and elsewhere in the country. Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk), Fire Service and Civil...
Hundreds of restaurants and coffee shops have sprung up all over the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country in violation of safety rules, posing potential risk of fire.As per the rules, offices are allowed in commercial buildings, but permission of the authorities concerned is required for setti...
Syed Mobarak Hossain Kawsar had been living in Italy for 20 years and his wife and three children were in Dhaka. After obtaining the green card, Mobarak came to Bangladesh to bring his family to Italy with him. Their flight was scheduled for March 10.Just days before going to Italy with his family, ...
In one of the worst fire tragedies of the time, at least 46 people including 26 women and three children, were killed and 22 critically injured in the deadly fire that originated in a seven-storey building housing the ‘Kacchi Bhai’ outlet at Bailey Road in the capital on Thursday night.T...
“Just ordered the food. Suddenly, I heard screaming all around followed by the stench of smoke, and after a while, a loud bang.I went out and saw the fire below. I went upstairs. Then the power was cut off. Darkness and heavy smoke lay all around. Many people were burning while in the rush of ...
Senior police officers on Thursday urged the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to establish a separate university for police to develop the professional skill of the police officers.They also demanded the recruitment of police officers on deputation in Bangladesh embassies abroad.They placed the proposal...
Dhaka City dwellers have been facing severe mosquito menace for the last few weeks though both the city corporations have taken various initiatives in controlling growth in mosquito population.Crores of taka are spent every year in the capital to destroy breeding grounds of mosquitoes, but to no ava...
As the country’s first modern urban public transport, the metro rail from Uttara to Motijheel has come into full service, the public bus services on the respective routes have faced a shortage of passengers. To save time in this city of severe traffic jams, most commuters on this importan...
The teen gang culture across the country, particularly in Dhaka, has taken a dire shape as the gangsters get involved in various crimes, including robbery, murder, rape and drug trade.These teen gangs are not only imposing threats to the law and order of the country but also destroying the usual nor...
In the face of intensified fighting between Myanmar security forces and rebels, now military personnel of the neighbouring country along with Border Guard Police (BGP), immigration officials and civilians have also started taking refuge in Bangladesh.As many as 264 Myanmar nationals, including perso...
At least two people including a woman were killed and another one was wounded in Bangladesh after mortar shells fired from Myanmar side landed in a bordering village of Ghumdhum union under Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban on Monday.One of the two slain people is a Bangladeshi woman and the other...
As many as 58 Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) personnel have fled and taken refuge under the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in the border areas being unable to survive due to heavy fighting with rebel Arakan Army.They entered Bangladesh through Ghumdhum-Tumbru border of Naikhongchhari in Bandarb...
To stop malpractices in the health sector, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has so far identified around 1,050 illegal hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres and blood banks across the country. Meanwhile, 727 of the illegal hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres and blood banks...
Used or out-of-order computers, laptops, mobile phones, photocopiers, micro-owavens, batteries and other e-stuff threatens public health and environmental damages.Due to lack of proper electronic trash management policies such pollution, generated by electronic devices, the country appears to be fac...
The government’s various initiatives to contain rice prices did not work as a section of dishonest businessmen, their syndicate and vested quarters are not paying any heed to anything though the production and supply are quite adequate.The situation does not change at all as the cart...
Members of law enforcement agencies, including the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), were deployed across the country on Friday for the upcoming national election with a view to holding the polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner.Law enforcers will perform their duties across the country, including t...
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