Exclusive

Publication

Byline

New salaries roll out, 3 months' dues await

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


Wage unrest: 49 arrested in Mirpur, Gazipur

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


PM calls emergency meeting over garment unrest

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


Dengue: 8 more die, 1,929 hospitalised

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


Summit LNG terminal to shut for 4 days

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


177 factories shut as workers block Dhaka-Aricha Highway

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


Labour unrest shuts 300 factories

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


Cyclone Murasa intensifies over Bay

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


Woman seen with Tahsif at bar remanded

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- A Dhaka court has remanded Jerika Tasnim Disha, the young woman who was seen entering and leaving a bar in Uttara with former Air Force officer Tahsif Souri, for four days. Disha, wh... Read More


Garment protests: Police claim 28 detainees are 'AL activists'

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- The Mirpur Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has detained 28 people suspected of being leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliates amid the garment workers pr... Read More