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SAU students clear Agargaon road, rally outside PWD office

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) have cleared a blockade of an Agargaon road and moved to the front of the Public Works Department. They had taken to the road ... Read More


PM meets senior Chinese Communist Party official

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Chinese Communist Party official Liu Haixing has met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka to discuss economic cooperation, the Rohingya crisis and political ties. Liu, minister of ... Read More


Workers take to streets by example as unions stay 'absent'

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Garment workers across industrial hubs have taken to the streets over low wages and rising living costs, often without union direction. Protests have spread from Mirpur and Gazipur t... Read More


BNP brings out several processions in Mirpur

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Police remain on alert in the capital's Mirpur area amid protests in different parts of the country by garment workers demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000. Meanwhile, BNP l... Read More


Summit LNG terminal shut, gas supply falls by 491mmcfd

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Gas supply across the country has fallen by 491 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) as the Summit LNG terminal in Moheshkhali remains shut for maintenance. Petrobangla had earlier sai... Read More


'250,000 ballots' hit by NY scanner glitch

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The Big Questions Q1: Which national issues are having the greatest influence on competitive races? Answer: Rising living costs, inflation, housing, healthcare, food and fuel prices... Read More


Constitutional reform: consensus or a one-sided decision?

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The promise of rewriting Bangladesh's constitutional order has run into a familiar political fault line: agreement on the destination, but deep disagreement over the road to get there... Read More


DESCO metres may face recharge disruption

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Some prepaid metres of Dhaka Electricity Supply PLC (DESCO) may not accept recharges for 24 hours from Thursday night. The glitch may last from 10pm Thursday to 10pm Friday because o... Read More


2 crude-bomb blasts in Mirpur, man injured

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- One individual has been injured after two crude bombs exploded outside an AJR Parcel and Courier Service office at Challantika intersection at Dhaka's Mirpur-11. The explosions took ... Read More


Police tear-gas garment workers in Gazipur

Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Garment workers have clashed with police at several locations in Gazipur during protests demanding higher wages. On Wednesday morning, between 2,000 and 4,000 workers took to the Dha... Read More