Bangladesh garment factory owners agreed to a minimum wage of 5,300 taka ($68) a month for workers, promising to end a labor dispute that has shut factories in the Ashulia industrial zone on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka. A group of owners met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who [...]

Garment workers in Bangladesh are in clashes with police over disputes about the minimum wage, which workers are demanding be raised to $100 a … [Read More]

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About 200 garment units downed their shutters Savar and Gazipur, after police clashed with workers who were demanding minimum monthly wage of 8,000 Takas. At least 60 workers were injured on Tuesday, reports the New Age newspaper. According to the paper, owners of some 257 factories in the Savar zone announced closure of their premises [...]

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP’s) 84-hour-long nation-wide strike will end at 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday. The strike, marked by sporadic incidents of violence, brought life to a complete standstill. BNP activists hurled bombs at buses, torched and vandalised vehicles and fought cops during the strike-cum-shutdown. “It was like wading through a morass [...]

The Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Kolkata under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has decided not to issue fresh India-Bangladesh Passports (IBP) after Nov 30, an official said here Wednesday.Existed for 41 years, the IBPs already issued would remain valid till the expiry of their duration."After Nov 15 no fresh application for the IBP [...]

The BCB has appointed Justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid as chairman of its disciplinary panel, from which an anti-corruption tribunal will be formed to look into allegations of match-fixing and spot-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League. The disciplinary panel has ten other members including four former … [Read More]

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Batting first at the BKSP-2 ground, Dhanmondi Club were restricted to 150 for 8 in 50 overs. Junaid Siddique top-scored with 45 off 78 balls while Tanveer Haider made 36. Suhrawadi Shuvo took three wickets and Sanjamul Islam picked up … [Read More]

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An auto-rickshaw passenger was dead and dozens of others including cops injured Sunday in stray incidents of violence during the first day of a nationwide 84-hour non-stop general strike enforced by Bangladesh's main opposition alliance.Nirmal Das, 45, died on Sunday morning when the auto-rickshaw he was travelling in overturned after being allegedly chased by strikers [...]

Dhaka, Nov 10 (IANS) Bangladesh's State Minister of Law Qamrul Islam Sunday said Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) top leaders, including former prime minister Khaleda Zia, would be arrested if the opposition continues "vandalism and terrorist activities". "If the BNP continues vandalism and terrorist activities, then BNP's top leaders, including Khaleda Zia, … [Read More]

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Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has slammed the Pakistani batsmen for their ‘pathetic’ show against South Africa in the ongoing ODI series in the UAE, saying that they are even worse than their Bangladeshi counterparts. Chasing 267 in the fourth ODI, Pakistan, which had lost the first match by one run while chasing 184, [...]