Speaker Shirin Sharmin Choudhary administered the oath to him at Jatiya Sansad Bhawan at 12 noon. Many top leaders of the party say that the election was not fair. This was a government-controlled election. The results were already decided. Again, many believe that the understanding regarding seat sharing between Awami League and JPA was not […]
However, till yesterday i.e. Thursday, the independent members of Parliament have not discussed this issue among themselves. And if the independents do not unite in one group then the opposition of 11th The national parliament, the Jatiya Party, will again be the main opposition. In that case, the party president and deputy leader of the […]
Dozens of police on Wednesday blocked a group of about 150 protesters who were trying to break through a gate and led officers to the area, according to footage shared on social media. Refugees were taking shelter. “People can state their aspirations. We were only securing (the area). We directed our personnel to protect,” said […]
Incidents of covert attacks are taking place at various places across the country. Despite the worrying situation of covert attacks in many districts of the northern region, the inaction of law enforcement agencies has raised questions. According to Prothom Alo report, masked men attacked Abdur Rasheed, a 60-year-old fish farmer, who was walking to a […]
More important than whether the strike or strike by opposition parties is successful or not, what is more important is its impact on the public and the economy. Due to strike and blockade, long route buses are not running. Incidents of setting vehicles on fire are taking place every day keeping the opposition party’s program […]
The BNP leader said the event would be celebrated with a single-point demand, restoration of democracy, ensuring justice for murdered comrades and treatment of injured leaders and workers. This is the seventh round of blockade implemented by the opposition party.The BNP called a strike for the first time in several years on 29 October, following […]
Myanmar’s ruling military is facing attacks on multiple fronts along its border as a coalition of ethnic minority rebel groups join forces with pro-democracy fighters to try to seize territory and challenge the junta’s rule. Why has the fight broken out? On October 27, a coalition of ethnic minority groups launched coordinated attacks on military […]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has announced a nationwide strike on Sunday and Monday in protest against the election schedule and demanding the resignation of the government. BNP senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made this announcement in a virtual press conference on Thursday. *more to follow…
“My husband was a supervisor in a garment factory. He did not participate in the workers’ demonstrations, nor was he a labor leader. “Yet why was he killed by stray bullets?” Nargis, wife of 40-year-old Jalal Uddin, was looking for answers as to why her husband was murdered. Jalal was injured by a bullet during […]
Nearly 300,000 people marched in the British capital on Saturday as pro-Palestinian supporters renewed calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza war. Officials feared trouble because the “National March for Palestine” was scheduled for Armistice Day, Britain’s annual commemoration of those killed in the war. Dozens of arrests were made. The march began after a […]
Although the country’s prisons were already full of prisoners, the situation became worse with the influx of prisoners following the political unrest. According to the data of the prison department, the capacity of 68 prisons in the country is less than 43,000 prisoners. On November 5, the jails were filled with a total of about […]
After several days of workers’ agitation in Ashulia, Savar and Dhaka demanding salary hike, the situation has become normal since Sunday morning. Workers have resumed work in various factories and additional police have been deployed in front of several factories to prevent any untoward situation. Today at around 7:30 am, workers from those areas were […]
While a large section of leaders and workers are skeptical, the question arises as to how long they can continue these strike and blockade programs and whether they have the organizational capacity to do so. Amidst this dilemma, a two-day blockade program is starting from today. Simultaneously, in Chattogram, North and South City and District […]
Due to protests by RMG workers, the owners decided to increase their proposed monthly wages by 10,400 taka. However, the owners did not reveal what their revised amount would be. Prothom Alo’s Ghazipur correspondent said Ghazipur’s industrial area was relatively quiet yesterday as factories were closed. But workers from several factories gathered at Vogra bypass […]
Workers of several garment factories in the Bhogara bypass area of Ghazipur on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway have been protesting for the past few days demanding increase in wages. When workers attempted to block the highway on Thursday morning, police responded by firing sonic grenades and tear gas shells to disperse them. The protest first started […]