Commerce, Industry, and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said there is no justification for increasing bus fares or prices of essential commodities following the recent hike in fuel oil prices.
A local BNP activist was shot dead over a dispute related to hill cutting in Raozan upazila of Chattogram.
Bus services in Chapainawabganj have resumed after remaining suspended for a day due to a dispute between two labour groups over toll collection.
Power generation has resumed at the Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant after a two-day shutdown caused by a mechanical fault, officials said Friday night (April 24).
At least 871 children have died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) over the last three months, averaging at least 10 deaths per day. Among them, 52 children died with symptoms of measles.
The current fuel oil crisis in the country is not due to low supply but because of unethical business practices by certain individuals, Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said.