The impact of the fuel price hike has fallen on public transport fares. The government has decided to increase the fares of long-distance and city buses by 17 paisa per kilometre. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the Ministry of Road Transport on Tuesday, September 22. Concerned officials said a notification on the new fares may be issued today.
Outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen paid a farewell call on Deputy Speaker Barrister Kaiser Kamal at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Tuesday (September 22), with the two sides discussing bilateral ties, parliamentary exchanges and Chinese-backed development projects.
The case over the abetment of suicide of Mariam Khatun, second wife of Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam, has been transferred to the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police (DB) for investigation.
Educated Bangladeshis are being lured abroad with promises of high-paying IT jobs and better lives before being trafficked into scam centres and forced to commit online fraud and other crimes, according to recent reports by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and BRAC.
A Dhaka court has barred Ema Claire Burton, wife of former education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhoury Nowfel, from leaving the country in a corruption case.
French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet has called for a “level playing field” for Airbus as Biman Bangladesh Airlines considers adding new aircraft to its fleet, saying talks between the airline and the European manufacturer remain on a positive track.