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Govt charts roadmap for EV industry

The government has, for the first time, drafted the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Policy 2025, aiming to transform the country’s transport system, reduce carbon emissions, and establish a globally competitive

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Pedestrian killed as bearing pad from metro rail line falls on him at Farmgate

A pedestrian was killed as a bearing pad crashed on him from metro rail line in Dhaka’s Farmgate area on Sunday afternoon. The deceased is identified as Abul Kalam, 35,

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Probe body formed over metro rail accident

Road transport and bridges ministry adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Sunday afternoon said that a five-member probe committee, headed by Bridges Division secretary Md Abdur Rouf, had been formed

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Three people, including two school students, killed in Pabna road accident

Three people, including two school students, were killed and another was injured when a truck overturned and crashed their van in Bangabari area of Pabna Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.

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One arrested over cocktail explosion in front of EC office

Police on Saturday night arrested a man over a cocktail explosion in front of Bangladesh Election Commission office at Agargaon in Dhaka. Sher-e Bangla Nagar police station inspector (investigation) Md

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Dhaka’s air continues to be unhealthy with AQI score of 168

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 168 at about 9:25am on

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Students drop in general edn, rise in madrassahs

The number of students at the schools and colleges from the secondary to tertiary levels of education in the country has dropped in the past few years. On the contrary,

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Peace summit is no guarantee for peace

THE recently concluded Gaza peace summit, sponsored by US president Donald J Trump before a US-Israel-imposed 20-point Gaza peace plan championed by the fragile peace initiative, was signed by the

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