Transport workers clash with cops at Gabtoli; many injured An unspecified number of transport workers were injured in a clash with police and members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Gabtoli Bus Terminal in the city on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said the trouble began when some transport workers prevented some anti-strike workers from taking their vehicles out to the streets in the morning. As…

Trump softens immigration stance, takes measured tone in speechUS President Donald Trump told Congress on Tuesday he was open to immigration reform, shifting from his harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration in a speech that offered a more restrained tone than his election campaign and first month in the White House. Trump, in a prime-time address to a country that remains divided over his leadership,…

Transport strike continues Transport owners and workers have no clear answer to the question as to whether the strike is ending on Tuesday. Road Transport Owners' Association General Secretary Khandaker Enayetullah has said he sees no hope of the situation getting any better as the workers are still agitated. Workers' leaders have also tried to evade the liability, saying the general workers…

PM to open eight new power plants on WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to open Wednesday eight power plants alongside new transmission and distribution lines to produce 1,375 MW power and reach electricity to rugged areas of the country, officials said here today. Power Development Board (PDB) officials said the premier was expected to inaugurate the systems under 21 projects through…

Bangladesh Nationalist Party would hold sit-in for two hours across the country on March 2, protesting the government’s decision to hike gas price by 22.7 per cent. Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday made the declaration at party’s central office at Nayapaltan in the capital during a press briefing. The sit-in programme would start…