Tourist transport fares from Khagrachhari to Sajek have increased, with safari vehicles, jeeps and pick-ups now costing an additional Tk 500. The revised fares came into effect on Friday morning, 25 September. The fare for Mahindra CNG vehicles has also been raised, by Tk 200. Mohammad Arif, who is responsible for the Sajek counter in […]

The recent rise in fuel prices has begun to put fresh pressure on food markets in Dhaka, with transport costs pushing up the prices of several vegetables and fish. The supply of bottled soybean oil has also tightened in some markets, adding to concerns among consumers already facing high prices for essential goods. A visit […]

A 55-year-old man has died several days after suffering severe burns in a fire at a house in Shyambazar, in the capital’s Sutrapur area, bringing the death toll from the incident to two. Mohammad Siddiq died while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at around 2.15am on Thursday (24 September), […]

A 23-year-old housewife in Manikganj’s Singair has alleged that she was abducted from near her home and sexually assaulted by five unidentified men before being left tied beside a field. The assailants also allegedly scattered dried chilli powder over different parts of her body before fleeing the scene. The woman has filed a written complaint […]

Dhaka recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 87 on Friday, placing Bangladesh’s capital 19th among the cities listed by IQAir for air pollution. The reading falls within the ‘moderate’ or ‘acceptable’ category under the air-quality monitoring organisation’s classification system. The data were published on Friday, 25 September, by IQAir, a Switzerland-based organisation that […]