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
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
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
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Two more people have died of measles symptoms over a 24-hour period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Friday that the toll from the disease since Mar 15 has ... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Bus services have begun operating under a franchise system on seven routes in Dhaka, comprising six regular routes and one circular route, as part of Dhaka's bus route rationalisation... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Police have arrested a young woman in the murder case filed over the death of former air force officer Tahsif Souri, whose body was recovered from a river. She was seen with Tahsif a... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- A depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Andaman Sea has moved northwestwards and intensified into a deep depression. It may develop into a cyclone, Meteorologist ... Read More
Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury has called on protesting garment workers to return to work after announcing the formation of a new minimum wage board. He says t... Read More