The single-journey metro ticket design has recently transformed. Images of historic landmarks such as the National Martyrs' Memorial, the Central Shaheed Minar, and the National Parliament House have been replaced with a symbolic image of the metro train itself.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today held a meeting with the chiefs of reform commissions formed to expedite the state reform initiatives.
Prices of the daily essentials including eggs, onions, potatoes have been soaring during last couple of weeks, exacerbating fear of a further financial predicament. Even though the Ministry of Commerce said that the prices of these products have started to decrease, but in reality, the opposite picture has been seen in the market. The price is now higher than what it was last week. In addition to these products, the prices of other dairy products including vegetables have been increasing as well.
I am afraid all the time, if it rains a little, I get scared. I have been trapped in the water with two babies for about a month and a half. The fear of snakes is also increasing and almost everyone in the area is suffering from diarrhea. We are living from hand to mouth somehow.
After Sheikh Hasina fled the country, the authorities have accepted all the demands of the agitators to resolve the unrest created in the garment sector. However, the instability of this sector hasn’t stopped yet. On the contrary, the workers have started the agitation again with various demands. This has created new uncertainty in the sector.
At least five people have been killed and over one hundred houses and businesses have been burnt down during the ongoing violence in the country's Chittagong Hill Tracts since last Wednesday. Both the innocent hill people and Bangalees have been victims of this chaos which started after the death of a local Bangalee youth in an alleged lynching incident. Locals are holding the rumours spread on social media responsible behind the sudden unrest in the hilly region.