Pankaj Karmakar

While long queues of ticket-seekers were seen in front of the counters at Kamalapur Railway Station and those of private bus operators, the picture in front

While common people in the capital struggle hard to collect bus tickets ahead of Eid, the task appears very easy for privileged groups

Advance bus tickets for Eid holidaymakers were almost gone within a few hours they were up for sale in the capital yesterday.

An Election Commission's (EC) probe committee has found that there had been no incident of assault on journalists during the April 28 city polls.

With the Eid approaching, there's a growing fear that unscrupulous launch owners will operate unfit vessels to cash in on the huge rush of passengers, putting numerous lives at risk.

The government-run community clinics, which can notably improve healthcare services in rural areas, are beset with multiple problems like infrastructural weaknesses,

The government imported 428 buses from India three years ago, which were supposed to last 12 years, but most of them are already rundown due to reckless driving and poor maintenance.

Though hundreds of passengers are suffering immensely as an indefinite strike by bus owners and workers have snapped road

Presiding officers noticed no assaults on journalists on the Dhaka city corporation polls day, although such incidents at 30 centres were reported by different media outlets.

Poll result sheets of the Election Commission say each of at least six polling stations witnessed over 90 percent of its votes being cast in the recently held Dhaka south and north city corporation elections, eliciting astonishment from experts.

The Election Commission's (EC) own observers have found no irregularities in the last week's Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls.

All three mayor aspirants blessed by main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party could not even bag one-eighth of the votes cast in

The Election Commission yesterday decided in principle to seek army deployment in Dhaka and Chittagong cities during the elections slated

Plagued by perennial problems, Dhaka and Chittagong -- our two major cities -- go to polls on April 28. What will a mayoral hopeful do to solve those problems if elected?

The Election Commission wants the returning officers to take actions against violations of electoral code of conduct by potential mayor

The death toll in Sunday's launch disaster in the Padma in Manikganj rose to 70, and the ill-fated vessel, MV Mostafa, was salvaged yesterday.

At least 41 people, including seven children, drowned and around 65 went missing, as a launch sank after being hit by a cargo vessel in the Padma river in Manikganj yesterday.