DHAKA, Bangladesh - Opposition activists in Bangladesh clashed with police and ruling party members Sunday on the first day of a four-day general strike amid concerns by businesses that the country will suffer terribly if the ongoing chaos does not immediately stop. At least one man died and scores were injured across the country [...]

Bangladesh's wage board has proposed raising the minimum salary for garment industry workers by 77% to 5,300 takas ($68; £42) a month. A string of fatal incidents have raised concerns over working conditions and low salaries in the sector - a key contributor to the country's economy. Workers have [...]

Dhaka, Nov 10 (IANS) Bangladesh opposition's five top leaders, who were detained late Friday night and early Saturday, have been sent to jail in connection with two cases slapped on them for attempting to kill policemen and creating violence in the capital city, Xinhua reported. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka passed the [...]

DHAKA — The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday announced another 84-hour nationwide strike, starting on Sunday, after police arrested BNP leaders, triggering violent protests across the country. The aim of the strike is to force the ruling Awami League to hold elections, due by January at the latest, under a [...]

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladeshi authorities have arrested three senior leaders of the main opposition party as tensions increase ahead of elections early next year, an official said … [Read More]

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Bangladeshi authorities should immediately stop legal proceedings against two prominent activists with Odhikar, a leading Bangladeshi human rights group, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should release Nasiruddin Elan, the group's director, who was denied bail and jailed in Dhaka on November 6, 2013.Adilur Rahman Khan, the group's secretary, is also facing charges. The [...]

They survived their custody, at least AS AN early test for the government of Sheikh Hasina, the new prime minister, it was brutal. In February 2009, less than two months after she took office, a bloody mutiny broke out at the headquarters of (what was then called) the Bangladesh Rifles, a paramilitary [...]

New York, Nov 7 : Bangladeshi authorities should immediately stop legal proceedings against two prominent activists with Odhikar, a leading Bangladeshi human rights group, Human Rights Watch said … [Read More]

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a nine-wicket win over Gazi Tank Cricketers in the Dhaka Premier League. The win took KCA to fourth position with 11 points. It was the first List-A hundred for the opener who struck 12 boundaries and two sixes in his 136-ball innings. He shared an unbroken 150-run second wicket stand … [...]

New York, Nov 7 : The United Nations human rights chief Wednesday expressed alarm at the death sentences handed out in Bangladesh to 152 paramilitary soldiers for their role in a 2009 mutiny, following reports that they were tortured and their mass trials fell short of human rights … [Read More]

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