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At least four female workers sustained bullet wounds when workers of different readymade garment (RMG) factories locked in a fierce clash with the law-enforcers in Ashulia Industrial zone on Wednesday.Those female workers were injured by splinters when as police fired rubber bullets, lobbed-up fire ...
Several hundred students stormed the Secretariat in protest against ‘discriminatory’ HSC exam results, demanding re-evaluation of results and correction of errors.Police later dispersed the students by chasing them and using batons, removing them from the Secretariat premises. Over fifty...
The Deep Depression over East central Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved West-Northwestwards and intensified into a Cyclonic Storm "DANA" over the same area, said a latest storm warning center bulletin on Wednesday.The storm over East central Bay of Bengal and adjoining area move...
Travel & Tourism
In a competitive and dynamic marketplace, where businesses are constantly vying for customer attention, value-driven promotions have become a key strategy for boosting guest engagement.Renaissance Dhaka Gulshan Hotel is at the forefront of this trend, embracing attractive offers while maintaining a ...
National
Ten officials from Bangladesh Land Port Authority travelled to India for attending training programme under the ITECTen officials from Bangladesh Land Port Authority are participating in a five-day training programme in India. The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) is ho...
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Protesters staged demonstrations in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin over his comment regarding the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5.Some of the protesters said th...
When protesters are staging demonstrations in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country demanding the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, two advisers of the interim government held a closed-door meeting with Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed.Law Adviser Asif Nazrul and Information Adviser Nahi...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased the policy or repo rate further by 50 basis points to 10 percent for containing inflation.It will be effective from October 27, the central bank said in a circular issued on Tuedsay.Additionally, the Standing Lending Facility (SLF) has also increased by 50 basis po...
Police on Tuesday dispersed readymade garment (RMG) workers, who had been staging protest by blocking Nabinagar-Chandra Highway in Ashulia for 32 hours demanding reopening their factory and payment of their due salaries, by resorting water cannon. Several hundred workers of ‘Generation Ne...
Business & Commerce
CEMS-Global USA on Monday announced the 23rd edition of its globally renowned Textile Series of Exhibitions, scheduled to be held in Dhaka from November 6 focusing prominence of Bangladesh textile and garments industry as a hub of innovation and manufacturing. The event takes place annually in ...
City
Upon directives from Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; the authorities concerned on Tuesday evicted some structures developed illegally on Gulshan Lake to free them from encroachment.Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) and the Department of Env...
Despite multi-phased measures taken by the government and its different agencies to bring normalcy in the country's garments sector, the actual situation in the apparel sector is something else.There are many RMG factories are still shut and protests by the workers of different factories still c...
As part of their ongoing sit-in programme, jobseekers seeking to raise the age limit to enter government jobs began a hunger strike on Monday evening. They began the hunger strike programme at Shahbagh in the capital by wearing shrouds.Earlier, the jobseekers staged a sit-in protest at Shahbag...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $1,532.66 million remittances during the first 19 days of October in the fiscal 2024-25.Of this, remittances through state-owned and specialised banks accounted for $478.98 million, while private banks received $1,049.66 million. In comparison, remittances in the ...
Country’s most highways and roads have become death traps for the travellers with deadly accidents occurring almost on a regular basis.The trend in road crash death is becoming alarming across the country as a total of 105,338 people were killed and 149,847 were injured in 60,980 road accident...
BNP standing committee member Hafizuddin Ahmed on Monday said the discussions surrounding ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation represent a new dimension of conspiracy, asserting that her fleeing the country in the face of public anger is clear proof of her resignation from the post ...
BNP Standing Committee member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain on Monday called upon the interim government to swiftly create a favourable environment for the elections to facilitate the transfer of power to elected representatives.“In our 31-point proposal, we have detailed the reforms we seek. To implem...
The government has cancelled the contractual appointments of three ambassadors posted in the United States, Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The Public Administration Ministry issued an order cancelling their appointments (remaining tenure) on Monday.The envoys are Bangladesh Ambassador to ...
The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to human rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna in a case filed for attempting to kill a student during the student-led movement on July 19.The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain granted the bail till...
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