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Shipbreaking workers demand Tk 36,000 minimum wage

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Shipbreaking workers have demanded a minimum monthly wage of Tk 36,000, citing years of inhumane wages and dangerous working conditions in one of Bangladesh's most hazardous industri... Read More


IFAD okays $51.4m for climate-resilient project

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has approved $51.4 million in co-financing for a $211.7 million project in Bangladesh aimed at stren... Read More


'Interim govt formulated BD's best labour law ever'

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain on Sunday said the labour law enacted under the interim government is the best Bangladesh has ever had, comp... Read More


Passenger launch collides with bulkhead

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A bulkhead sank in the Buriganga River near the Fatullah launch terminal in Narayanganj after being struck by a passenger launch. No casualties were reported. Five people were on bo... Read More


BGB security tightened across Sylhet

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- After the shooting of Inquilab Manch spokesperson and potential independent MP candidate for Dhaka-8 constituency Osman Hadi, the BGB has tightened security in all border areas of Sy... Read More


Martyred Intellectuals' Day commemorated at CVASU

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) family has paid deep tribute to the martyred intellectuals, the best sons of the Bengali nation. On the occasion of Mart... Read More


Mourning poured in peacekeeper's house

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : At least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been killed , and eight others were hurt in a terrorist attack on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mis... Read More


Hamas says Israel's killing of senior commander threatens ceasefire

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Israel's assassination of a senior Hamas commander threatens the viability of the ceasefire in Gaza, the chief negotiator of the militant group said on Sunday, calling on US Presiden... Read More


Myanmar junta hits back at criticism of military-run poll

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Myanmar's military government lashed back on Sunday at international criticism that branded upcoming elections undemocratic, but also hinted junta chief Min Aung Hlaing could have a ... Read More


Trump vows revenge after troops in Syria killed in alleged IS ambush

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Two American troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patro... Read More