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Worker leader urges protesters to return to work

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Babul Akhter, a worker representative on the garment wage board, has urged protesters to return to factories, warning against vandalism and outside provocation. Speaking after a meet... Read More


Apple CEO Ternus faces first earnings test

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- John Ternus will host his first earnings call as Apple's CEO on Monday, with investors looking to the company's forecast to determine whether a blitz of new products can help offset r... Read More


French school protests resume on smaller scale

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- French high school student protests resumed on Monday on a much smaller scale than in past weeks as pupils returned from a two-week break, with youngsters trying to blockade a few hig... Read More


Cyclone 'Murasu' likely to cross coast at night

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Cyclone 'Murasu', which formed over the Bay of Bengal, is currently located 1,275 kilometres from Mongla Port. The storm is likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast of India as a seve... Read More


Dengue: 8 die, 1,929 hospitalised

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Bangladesh has recorded eight more dengue deaths in a day, taking this year's toll to 433. Hospitals took in another 1,929 patients in the 24 hours from 8am on Sunday, according to t... Read More


3 die of measles symptoms in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Three more people with measles-like symptoms have died in the country over the past 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says. According to official figures, t... Read More


Schoolboy injured by 'brickbat' in Ashulia protest

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- A schoolboy has been left bleeding after being struck by a flying brickbat during garment worker wage protests in Dhaka's Ashulia. He was taken to Nasir Uddin Memorial Hospital after... Read More


3 cases filed over Gazipur wage protests

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Police have filed three cases over arson and vandalism during garment workers' protests for higher pay in Gazipur, naming about 4,000 people as suspects. Industrial Police lodged two... Read More


Wage hike protest: 3 police vehicles vandalised in Gazipur

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Garment workers in Gazipur have blocked the highway instead of going to work to demand a minimum wage of Tk 30,000. Three police vehicles were vandalised and one was set on fire amid... Read More


HC halts order cancelling Fazil, Kamil madrasas' governing bodies

Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The High Court has stayed the operation of an office order issued by Islamic Arabic University cancelling the governing bodies and ad hoc committees of Fazil and Kamil madrasas across... Read More