JOF to join talks if agenda on polls issues
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said Jatiya Oikya Front will join the proposed talks with prime minister Sheikh Hasina if election-centric agenda is fixed.
Pays increased amidst protests
The government on Sunday announced upward revision of the new wage structure of readymade garment workers in face of weeklong labour unrest in the export-oriented apparel sector.
Girls must wear burqa if they go to colleges and univs: Ahmed Shafi
Hefazet-e-Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi in a fresh statement on Sunday said girls must wear burqa if they want to get higher studies or they want to go to colleges and universities and their teachers must be female.
Fight against corruption to continue: PM
Reiterating her government’s farm stance against corruption, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government would continue its fight against graft to keep up the country’s development spree and uphold its achievements.
Opposition can be outside parliament for people: Khaleda
Jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said that said that an opposition could remain outside of parliament for the people.
BNP may be asked to leave Jamaat: Kamal
Jatiya Oikya Front convener and Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain said on Saturday that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party might be asked leave the Jamaat-e-Islami.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN EDN INTTS A hidden wound that bleeds
Scattered across newspaper pages and often glossed over with cold indifference, the reported handful of incidents of corporal punishment in Bangladesh educational institutions are far from reflecting the grim picture of torture and humiliation students are often made to endure.
Ctg transport workers call strike over alleged assault by MP
Transport workers in five districts of Chattogram division have called a 48-hour strike from tomorrow morning in protest at assault on a workers’ leader by a local lawmaker.
Workers’ unrest continues, 80 factories closed
Production at over 80 apparel factories were suspended for Saturday at Ashulia, Gazipur and in the capital as thousands of workers held demonstrations blocking roads to press their demand for wage hike.
University of California tells students not to use WeChat, WhatsApp in China
Students and faculty at the University of California (UC) have been warned not to use messaging apps and social media while visiting China, for fear their communications could be used against them by the country's law enforcement agencies.
