The government has issued new regulations to control the movement of slow-moving battery-powered three-wheelers, or e-rickshaws, in city corporation areas, setting fees, speed limits, passenger capacity, routes, parking and battery-charging requirements.
Five members of a family suffered burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas leak in Kashimpur, Gazipur, on Thursday morning.
Seven more children died with measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, starting at 8am on Wednesday.
Six people died of dengue in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today while 1,886 were hospitalised after being infected with the mosquito-borne disease during the same period.
Senior Secretary of the EC Secretariat Akhtar Ahmed said today that the voting atmosphere in the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 constituency is fair and normal, with the Election Commission (EC) receiving no complaints of irregularities so far.
Hundreds of ready-made garment (RMG) workers blocked the major Mirpur-10 intersection in the capital on Thursday morning, demanding a substantial increase in their minimum monthly salary to Tk 30,000.