The shady ‘recycle-man’

He is an apparent big shot in the black market of medical recyclables. Probably in his late thirties, the man keeps close supervision over his business and is careful to leave no footprints behind.
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Safety takes a back seat

A worker hacks away at a pipe-like object at a small scrap shop in Old Dhaka’s Islambagh. The sound of his hammer crashing against the pipe is instantly followed by bits of plastic flying off in all directions. Flecks of yellow and red tint the air.
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Truckers’ strike hits businesses

Businesses across the country took a hit yesterday, the first day of the strike by truckers, which also halted transportation of goods from all land and sea ports.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Illegal Wealth: ACC to go after more suspects

Amid the ongoing crackdown on those involved in graft, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday hinted at taking action against more people who earned money through illegal means.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Fire destroys shops in city market

A fire burnt down over a dozen shops in New Rajdhahi Supermarket in the capital’s Tikatuli yesterday.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Major polluters far off climate targets

The world’s major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said yesterday.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Crisis: Reconciliation necessary to resolve it

Bangladesh has said it believes reconciliation can be a critical enabler for resolving the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, the brunt of which it is bearing.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Onion flown in from Karachi

Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday waived its cargo handling charges for onion imports, hours before the first consignment of Pakistani onions landed at Dhaka airport.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Drug dealer’ killed in ‘gunfight’

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with members of Rapid Action Battalion in Hazaribagh area of the capital early yesterday.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Jacking up rice prices won’t be tolerated

The government yesterday sounded a note of warning against unscrupulous traders and said rice price manipulation would not be tolerated as the country had no shortage of the staple.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Negligence of 3 led to B’baria train accident

Negligence of the driver, his assistant and the guard of Turna Nishita Express was responsible for the fatal train accident in Brahmanbaria, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said yesterday.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

People left in the lurch

Commuters in 20 districts across the country suffered for the third day yesterday due to the transport strike, called to protest the enforcement of the much talked-about Road Transport Act, 2018.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Food, Drug Adulteration: HC suggests death penalty, life term

The High Court yesterday observed that the people who produce, store, and sell adulterated foods and medicines should get death sentences or at least life in prison.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Land Dispute’: Man injured in acid attack

A youth had acid thrown on him allegedly by rivals of his family in Ratanpur union of Satkhira’s Kaliganj upazila early yesterday.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM

S Asian Diaspora: Sir Fazle Hasan Abed honoured

Founder and Chair Emeritus of Brac Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has been honoured with the Outstanding Member of the South Asian Diaspora Award (OMSAD).
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Indefinite Transport Strike: Businesses in for a blow

With a wildcat transport strike causing immense sufferings to people in at least 19 districts, businesses now brace for a blow as truck owners and workers yesterday announced an indefinite work stoppage from today, protesting the enforcement of Road Transport Act 2018.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM

First onion cargo flight due tonight

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said the first air cargo carrying onions from Egypt would land in Dhaka at midnight today.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Rumours Over Prices of Salt: Swift govt actions check panic buying

Following rumours that salt prices would go up like onions had recently, people across the country went into panic buying yesterday, mptying shelves.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Rice gets pricier

After soaring prices of onions, consumers now have to deal with rice prices creeping up over the last few weeks.
18 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Transport strike on, defying call from minister

Transport workers in nine districts yesterday enforced a strike, defying Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader’s call for them to refrain from such programmes centring the Road Transport Act-2018.
18 November 2019, 18:00 PM