Nationwide blockade

Nationwide blockade

A darkened street during a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka caused by a national grid failure. Officials suspect the grid breakdown occurred after solar power generation exceeded daytime consumption, prompting authorities to request rooftop solar owners to temporarily disconnect their systems to assist restoration efforts. Photo: Collected

Sri Lanka suffers nationwide electricity blackout

Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka said authorities hoped to restore supplies "stage by stage".

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Photo: UNB

147 platoons of BGB patrol teams deployed nationwide

Photo: Joynal Abedin Shishir/TBS

Bus burnt in Dhaka's Dhanmondi

BNP declares fresh round of blockade on Tuesday-Wednesday

BNP declares fresh round of blockade on Tuesday-Wednesday

Leaders and activists of Jamaat's Dhaka South unit bring out procession in the capital in support of the 10th phase of nationwide blockade on Wednesday, 6 November. Photo: Jamaat-e-Islami

10th phase of blockade: Jamaat brings out processions in parts of Dhaka

A bus in Faridpur city was set ablaze early on Monday (13 November) which gutted the entire interior of the bus. Photo: TBS

Blockade: Two buses burnt in Ctg, helper injured

Photo: TBS

Latest blockade continues in a lax manner

A passenger carrying moving bus catches fire in Brahmanbaria. Photo: TBS

3 parked buses set ablaze in Natore, one partially salvaged by Fire Service

File photo of RAB and BGB. Photo: Collected

154 BGB platoons, 424 RAB patrol teams deployed across country

Firefighters battling a blaze sparked by an arson attack on a truck loaded with straw in the Jaliapara area of Dinajpur district around 9pm on Sunday, 3 November. Photo: UNB

Two trucks torched in Dinajpur; police clueless on possible perpetrators

BGB forces deployed near the Election Commission building in Agargaon, Dhaka, on 15 November 2023. File Photo: TBS

9th spell of blockade: 162 BGB platoons, 435 RAB patrol teams deployed

Cox’s Bazar has witnessed a dynamic shift in economic activities in the past 50 years. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD MINHAJ UDDIN

Tourism sector suffers severe blow amid political turmoil

A good-carrying truck torched in Dhaka-Rangpur highway on 8 November 2023. Photo: TBS

10 vehicles set on fire in 24 hours: Fire Service