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Rickshaw-pullers block city road for second day to protest ban

Shawdesh Desk: Traffic movement on Progoti Sarani road in the capital came to a halt on Tuesday as rickshaw-pullers and workers concerned blocked different points of the Rampura-Badda road protesting ban

Few roads blocked in hartal hours

Shawdesh Desk: Few roads were blocked, including Dhaka-Paturia Highway in front of Jahanagirnagar University, during countrywide hartal called by the Left Democratic Alliance for eight hours on Sunday protesting against

Legality of gas price hike questioned in JS

Shawdesh Desk: Three lawmakers on Sunday raised questions over recent gas price hike which came into effect without any discussion in the house when the parliament was on session. Taking

8hr hartal against gas price hike today

Shawdesh Desk: Left Democratic Alliance would enforce nationwide eight-hour hartal from 6:00am to 2:00pm today in protest against gas price hike that came into effect from July 1. Leaders of

Job seekers want age limit for govt jobs 35 years

Shawdesh Desk: Job seekers on Saturday demanded that the government should extend the age limit for government jobs from 30 years to 35 years. They made the demand at a

Body of minor girl found in city empty flat

Shawdesh Desk: Police recovered a body of 8-year-old girl from an empty flat of an eight-storey residential building at Wari in Dhaka on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Samia

ASI killed in city road crash

Shawdesh Desk: A police officer was killed after a bus struck him at Jatrabari intersection of the city on Early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Kairul, 32, Assistant Sub-Inspector

UP member hacked dead in Brahmanbaria

Shawdesh Desk: A union parishad member was hacked to death by some miscreants in Koshba upazial of Brahmanbaria early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Showkat alias Jasim, son of