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.
Prices of rice rise by Tk 8, lentil by Tk 10
Prices of rice and red lentil rose by Tk 8 and Tk 10 a kilogram in the city markets as the prices of the daily essentials kept rising after the December 30 general election.
Heavy fog halts ferry service
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River remained halted since Saturday morning due to dense fog.
Don’t send your daughters to school: Allama Shafi
Hefazet-e-Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi on Friday asked his followers not to send their daughters to school.
Sheikh Mujib’s homecoming day today
Homecoming day of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed today.
100 RMG units closed, BGB deployed
At least 70 people, including 10 law enforcers, were injured in clashes between police and apparel workers in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, and in Gazipur as the workers continued demonstration demanding wage hike for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.
