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Commuters suffer for lack of transport on Savar highways

The number of homebound people on Dhaka-Aricha and Nabinagar-Chandra highways in Savar increased this noon. However, the number of vehicles did not.

How will Eid journey be this time?

Another Eid is nearing, and Dhaka dwellers are planning to leave the city and head home for the holiday. The country is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with a nine-day holiday – giving people the perfect opportunity to spend time with their near and dear ones outside the capital, at home, or at tourist destinations. People in Dhaka can move around with relative ease; however, holiday-makers are expected to face a difficult situation.

Body of teenage girl found in launch cabin, 1 held

Police recover the throat-slit body of an adolescent girl from inside a cabin of a Patuakhali-bound launch in the capital’s Sadarghat.

The Apple Watch: Gadget or Fashion statement?

The Apple Watch, the company’s first new product in five years, will be launched this week which will appeal not only as a gadget but as a fashion statement

LAUNCH DISASTER -- Where lies the remedy?

ON Sunday February 22, M.V. Mostafa, on her way to Daulatdia from Paturia, Manikganj, collided with a cargo vessel and sank instantly in the river Padma in broad daylight with reportedly more than 200 passengers on board. So far, 72 dead bodies have been recovered -- 28 among them from inside the launch.

3 killed, 4 hurt in Narsingdi launch capsize

Three people including a child are killed and four injured as two launches collide in Meghna river at Srinagar village of Narsingdi Sadar upazila

April 30, 2022
April 30, 2022

Commuters suffer for lack of transport on Savar highways

The number of homebound people on Dhaka-Aricha and Nabinagar-Chandra highways in Savar increased this noon. However, the number of vehicles did not.

April 25, 2022
April 25, 2022

How will Eid journey be this time?

Another Eid is nearing, and Dhaka dwellers are planning to leave the city and head home for the holiday. The country is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with a nine-day holiday – giving people the perfect opportunity to spend time with their near and dear ones outside the capital, at home, or at tourist destinations. People in Dhaka can move around with relative ease; however, holiday-makers are expected to face a difficult situation.

July 20, 2016
July 20, 2016

Body of teenage girl found in launch cabin, 1 held

Police recover the throat-slit body of an adolescent girl from inside a cabin of a Patuakhali-bound launch in the capital’s Sadarghat.

March 9, 2015
March 9, 2015

The Apple Watch: Gadget or Fashion statement?

The Apple Watch, the company’s first new product in five years, will be launched this week which will appeal not only as a gadget but as a fashion statement

February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015

LAUNCH DISASTER -- Where lies the remedy?

ON Sunday February 22, M.V. Mostafa, on her way to Daulatdia from Paturia, Manikganj, collided with a cargo vessel and sank instantly in the river Padma in broad daylight with reportedly more than 200 passengers on board. So far, 72 dead bodies have been recovered -- 28 among them from inside the launch.

February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015

3 killed, 4 hurt in Narsingdi launch capsize

Three people including a child are killed and four injured as two launches collide in Meghna river at Srinagar village of Narsingdi Sadar upazila

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