A seven-day-old baby died in an ambulance at Chandgram of Moulvibazar after transport workers during their strike yesterday held the vehicle for around an hour and a half.

Road transport workers will observe a 48-hour work abstention from 6:00am today to press home their eight-point demand mainly related to bringing amendments to the recently passed Road Transport Act-2018.

A weigh station along Dhaka-Chittagong highway was vandalised and the highway blocked for hours allegedly by transport workers yesterday.

She was excited about meeting her family members after a long time. Hosna Begum reached Shahjalal International Airport from Muscat in Oman on Monday night. But she had no idea what was awaiting her.

Control over illegal toll collection has led the two feuding groups of road transport workers to be at loggerheads at the capital's Sayedabad Bus Terminal for the last few days, transport workers said.