Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- In the wake of labour unrest over demands to raise the minimum wage, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has issued directives to take appropriate measures to ensure that factories remain o... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Remittances to Bangladesh have risen 12.1 percent year-on-year to $2.87 billion in October, extending an upward trend despite conflict in West Asia. The inflow was nearly 4 percent h... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Government employees have begun receiving salaries under the new National Pay Scale, but payments remain uneven. Some are yet to receive revised salaries, while others have received ... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Garment workers' protests over minimum wages have unsettled industrial areas in Mirpur, Savar, Ashulia and Gazipur, with clashes, vandalism and arson reported in a fresh wave of unres... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called an emergency meeting with ministers and advisors over garment workers' protests demanding a Tk 30,000 minimum wage and clashes with police. T... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Another eight patients have died of dengue in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, while another 1,929 have been hospitalised. The latest fatalities bring the total death toll from the... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Gas pressure may fall across Bangladesh for four days from Wednesday as maintenance at Summit's floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Cox's Bazar's Moheshkhali reduces supplies t... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Labour unrest over minimum wages and other demands has forced around 300 garment factories in Savar, Ashulia and Gazipur to declare holidays, disrupting production across the industri... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Authorities have declared a day's holiday at 177 garment factories in the Savar-Ashulia industrial belt amid protests over minimum wages and other demands, Industrial Police say. Wor... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Cyclonic storm Murasu has intensified over the Bay of Bengal and is expected to strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm before crossing India's Andhra Pradesh coast on Nov 2, the Bang... Read More