Sacked workers on the run
Apparel workers sacked for joining labour unrests at Ashulia industrial belt on the outskirts of Dhaka in December 2016 for pay hike are on the run from law enforcers to avoid arrest while firing of workers continues.
District admin recommends new wage board
The Dhaka district administration in a brief report on recent labour unrests at Ashulia recommended that the government should constitute a new wage board for apparel workers.
HC allows Operation Clean Heart victims to sue army-led joint force
The High Court on Monday released its full verdict, the summary of which had on September 13, 2015 declared the actions taken by army-led joint forces under the code name Operation Clean Heart between October 16, 2002 and January 9, 2003 as ‘illegal’.
Plot to kill MP hatched earlier: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday said that the murder of ruling Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton was plotted by some quarters as such attempts, she mentioned, were made earlier at least twice.
MP murder proves govt failure: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday voiced concern over the murder of Gaibandha ruling party lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton saying that this incident proved that the government failed to maintain law and order.
Protests on, no clue to MP murder found
Police still grope for a clue to the murder of ruling Awami League lawmaker Md Manzurul Islam Liton when protests against the killing continued on Sunday.
ACC drives against graft suspects earn criticism
The Anti-Corruption Commission continued drives against corruption suspects amid criticism about its sincerity while names of Bangladeshis in Panama Papers and the theft of Bangladesh Bank reserve damaged the image of the country in 2016.
BNP again will come to power: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said her party would again come to power through waging movements, in due time.
JP to contest next polls independently: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad on Sunday said that the next general election would be the last one in his life and that his party would contest the poll independently.
350 more Rohingyas enter Bangladesh
At least 350 Rohingya refugees, fleeing persecution by military in their home country Myanmar, entered Bangladesh on Sunday.
