The Dhaka metro rail is set to resume operations as workers who had been on strike have now returned to their duties. The metro rail was initially scheduled to resume operations on Sunday after a month-long closure. However, the workers' strike caused a delay in the reopening. The workers resumed work on Tuesday, and the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), which operates the metro rail, plans to relaunch services within the next four to five days. However, due to recent student protests that turned violen...

The metro rail service has been suspended for several weeks due to a strike by metro rail workers, though it is now ready to operate fully with repaired lines, coaches, and signal systems. These workers claim that senior officials enjoy significantly more benefits than those at the lower levels. As a result, the metro rail remains closed, despite there being no technical issues, according to sources at the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the state-run entity managing the metro service. The timeline f...

Bir Protik Faruk E Azam, the advisor to the liberation war affairs and disaster management ministries, said that any fake freedom fighters identified will be punished for ‘deceiving’ the state. He made the remarks at a press briefing on Saturday at the Chattogram Circuit House regarding the city's law and order situation. “Scrutinising the list of freedom fighters, we can see the reality of what happened. They have become freedom fighters in many forms and ways,” said Faruk. “We will examine the issue (fa...

Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has been appointed as the new home affairs adviser of the interim government, succeeding Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain. Following this change, Sakhawat Hossain will now oversee the Textiles and Jute ministry, according to a statement released by the chief adviser's Press Wing on August 16.