Two cornerstone infrastructure projects designed to reshape Dhaka’s future transit system—MRT Line-1 and MRT Line-5 North—are confronting a staggering financial inflation. Authorities have submitted proposals to increase the combined budget of the two projects, originally sanctioned under the Awami League administration, by 121,424 crore taka (approximately £7.3 billion). The steep budget escalation follows a critical […]

A thirty-five-year-old man named Zoj Ali Biswas has been allegedly beaten to death by local residents in the Pangsha upazila of Rajbari district over suspicions of stealing a water pump. The tragic incident unfolded late Tuesday night in Dhepa Majail village, situated within Patta union. The victim, Zoj Ali Biswas, was a resident of Majail […]