A bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were torched and a lorry was vandalised in Chattogram early today amid the countrywide blockade called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
While the four-laning of the highway from Jammu to Akhnoor is being done by the NHIDCL, the remaining work from Akhnoor to Poonch is under the Border Roads Organisation. Here's why the highway is important, including for the defence forces
It has been almost a year since the Dhaka South City Corporation approved a project to recover, re-excavate, and revive four major canals under its purview, but the authorities have yet to start the work.
This was the second time since June 13 that local residents of Dangri led by Saroj Bala held a dharna in protest against the delay in the investigation.