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On the crowded arteries of Dhaka, foot-over bridges fitted with escalators once symbolised modernity and safety. Conceived as multi-crore taka projects to ease pedestrian movement across the capital’s perilous roads, these bridges were intended to reduce accidents and discourage jaywalking. In...
National,Front Page
A daring armed robbery took place late Friday night at Shikder Group’s 100-megawatt power plant in Golgolia village, under Basta Union, near the First Dhaleshwari Bridge toll plaza in Keraniganj.The 100-megawatt Keraniganj power plant is a concern of Sikder Group, specifically through its subs...
National
Gabtoli, the largest and busiest inter-district bus terminal in Dhaka, transports nearly 100,000 passengers a day. Despite its strategic importance, the terminal has deteriorated into a hotspot for extortion, illegal occupation, and unchecked criminal activities. In the absence of proper government ...
Once envisioned as a central hub for inter-district travel, Sayedabad Bus Terminal is now thrown into disarray. It has virtually become a spot where crime is rife without any interruption.Encroaching pavement, disorganised bus parking, extortion, illegal stalls, and a disturbing presence of drug dea...
Despite being one of Dhaka’s most vital inter-district transport hubs, Mohakhali Bus Terminal is riddled with disorder, extortion, drug abuse, and lawlessness. The situation raises serious concerns over the safety of passengers and Utter failure of men at the helm to run the terminal in proper...
Fifteen years after the launch of the government’s ‘taxicab policy” aimed at ensuring safe, affordable and reliable urban transport, yellow taxicabs have virtually vanished from the streets of Dhaka and other major cities in the country.Despite regulatory efforts, ride-sharing apps...
The government introduced the ‘Ride-Sharing Service Policy 2017’ with the aim to provide a technology-based, modern transport system for city dwellers. However, the reality is now different and in practice the sector has become unregulated, riddled with irregularities, and a source of fr...
Even though the authorities concerned made a major decision to relocate city’s three inter-district bus terminals to new areas outside Dhaka, the fate of the project hangs in the balance as it has remained stalled for nearly 10 months.Under the project taken up at an estimated cost of Tk 11,20...
With only two days Left for Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets are going Momentum across Dhaka, including Gabtoli, as buyers and traders gather for the annual ritual of Qurbani. Yet despite the influx of sacrificial animals, sales remain sluggish.Traders at the capital’s largest cattle markets report...
National,Back Page
Ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is facing allegations of irregularities and political favoritism in the leasing process of its temporary cattle markets. Despite a call for open tenders, complaints have emerged that many of the leases were awarded to contractors alleged...
A senior station officer of Directorate of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) has travelled abroad using fake documents and without formal approval from the authorities concerned. An internal probe has confirmed that Senior Station Officer Md Saidul Alam Chowdhury (PN-2193) used a fake memo ...
The official lease process is still pending, nevertheless sacrificial animals have already begun arriving at several makeshift cattle markets in Dhaka city ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, creating confusion and hardship for traders and farmers as well.Though the cattle trading is officially permitted for only...
Despite all necessary arrangements made by the vendors, the digitization project of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) still remains non-functional for reasons best known to the ACC.According to official sources, the project titled “Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the ACC” was ...
Sk Md Kudrot-E-Khuda, Chief Arboriculturist at Arboriculture Division under Public Works Department (PWD), is facing allegations of massive corruption and irregularities. Kudrot-E-Khuda, who has been holding the post of chief arboriculturist for about 12 years, allegedly embezzled public funds,...
Allegations have recently been lodged to the Anti-Corruption Commission stating that a mighty syndicate led by Sheikh Golam Mahbub, the former Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, dominated Dhaka’s civil and criminal courts, engaging in unethical lobbying...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has long been facing widespread allegations of unethical practices like taking bribes from service seekers, but there appears to be none to look into the matter.There are six metro circles of BRTA working under Dhaka division and almost all of them are ...
Some retired employees of the Bangladesh Department of Cooperatives are facing difficulties in receiving their pensions, despite the majority of their colleagues have withdrawn their pension benefits.Out of 133 employees, all, who were transferred from development projects to the revenue sector, rec...
Dipti Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd, a Mirpur-based non-governmental organisation, has disappeared allegedly after embezzling Tk 12 crore from more than 500 low income depositors. The cooperative society has swindled rickshaw-pullers, domestic workers and even beggars out of their deposi...
Director General of Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) Brigadier General Md Main Uddin faces allegations of massive corruption and irregularities. He has pocketed about Tk 70 crore in bribes through illegal recruitment over the last two years, according to a complaint filed wit...
An assistant engineer at Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) has amassed a fortune through alleged corruption, bribery and misuse of power. He is said to have acquired properties worth crores of taka both in Dhaka and Natore.Engineer Rafiqul Islam (Implementation-6, Uttara Expanded Project) is alle...
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