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RMG workers must be paid bonus by May, salary by early June: Home Adviser

Dhaka, May 19 -- Garment workers must be paid their Eid bonus within May and salary between June 1 and 3, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury instructed on Monday. "Garment wor... Read More


Retired customs and VAT officers urge govt to revise new revenue ordinance

Dhaka, May 19 -- The Association of Retired BCS Officers of Customs and VAT (ARBOCAV) has issued a formal statement urging the government to review and amend the recently promulgated ordinance aimed a... Read More


'Keeping Childcare in the Picture': ILO, BILS launch photo exhibition on childcare in Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 19 -- Documentary filmmaker and photographer Mohammad Rakibul Hasan's solo photographic exhibition 'Keeping Childcare in the Picture: A photographic exhibition on childcare practices in Ban... Read More


Stock Market: Trading opens lower in Dhaka, Chattogram

Dhaka, May 19 -- Trading at the stock markets in Dhaka and Chattogram began with a decline on the third working day of the week on Monday, as share prices of most listed companies fell. During the fi... Read More


Gas cylinder blast: Another dies in Badda

Dhaka, May 19 -- A patient who sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at Badda in Dhaka died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Sunday night. Dr Shawon Bin R... Read More


Farooki terms Nusrat Faria's arrest 'embarrassing incident

Dhaka, May 19 -- Cultural Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Monday expressed disappointment over the recent arrest of actress Nusrat Faria, calling it an "embarrassing incident" for the authorities an... Read More


BD, China hold talks on bilateral ties, "common concern"

Dhaka, May 19 -- depth exchanges of views" on Dhaka-Beijing relations on Sunday. The two sides also discussed other issues of "common concern." Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen met Foreign S... Read More


Rizwana for developing habit of using cloth, jute bags instead of polythene

Dhaka, May 19 -- Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday underscored the need for developing the habit of using cloth and jute bags as alternatives to polythene to reduce plastic use in dail... Read More


Biman forms 2 probe bodies over wheel detachment

Dhaka, May 19 -- Biman Bangladesh Airlines has formed two investigation committees and outlined an action plan over the wheel detachment from a Dash-8 aircraft during take off from Cox's Bazar on May ... Read More


Ikebana workshop held in Tokyo

, May 18 -- A special exhibition was held in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday night, organized by the Bangladesh Ikebana Association. With the cooperation of Takashimadaira Act Director Yoshinari Katsuo, the ... Read More