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 […]
Ready-made garment workers are protesting in Mirpur area of the capital demanding a wage hike and protesting against the death of a fellow worker in an attack on their meeting. On Wednesday, angry workers were seen holding sticks in their hands and raising slogans on the streets demanding justice for the attack on the workers. […]
A worker was killed when garment workers clashed with police during an ongoing protest for wages on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Bason Road area of Ghazipur on Monday, industry police said. The deceased was identified as Russell Havildar, 22, of Sadar upazila of Jhalakati. He worked in a textile factory in Ghazipur. “We have heard […]
In a statement, World Sikh Organization President Tejinder Singh Sidhu called for finding the killers of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. “If community members feel unsafe or see attempts to incite violence, we encourage them to contact law enforcement immediately,” he added, CTV News reports. Earlier, the Vancouver Police Department had closed the road around the Indian […]
Additionally, the Oli Ahmed-led Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will hold a protest rally at 3:00 pm in front of the party office adjacent to the FDC in Caravan Bazaar. Gano Forum and People’s Party will gather in front of Notre Dame College in Motijheel. Gono Odhikar Parishad (Nurul Haq) in front of the party office […]
According to social media management and analytics platform NapoleonCat, as of August 2023, Facebook was the most dominant social media platform in Bangladesh with 63.65 million users, representing a significant 36.2 percent of the country’s total population. It also revealed that about 65.3 percent of users are male, while the largest group is between 18 […]
Earlier on Monday, in the central Israeli city of Modi’in, hundreds of rowdy protesters, honking horns and chanting slogans through megaphones, converged on the home of the overhaul’s architect, Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin. Israeli police said they had arrested six people on charges of disrupting public order and blocking roads. A few hours later, […]
Justice Minister Peter Hammelgaard told a news conference: “The government will propose a law that will prevent the improper handling of objects of religious importance that are essential to a religious community.” “Thus this proposal, for example, would make it punishable to publicly burn the Quran, Bible or Torah,” he added. The government rejected protests […]
Various anti-government parties and coalitions, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will hold simultaneous public marches in different parts of Dhaka today, Friday, demanding the government’s resignation. The BNP will take out public processions in two parts of the city at 3 pm. Others, including Gantantra Manch and the 12-party alliance, will take out public […]
Leaders and activists of Jamaat Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir protest around the ambulance carrying the body of Delawar Hussain Saidi, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, and his prayer-e-janaza, in Dhaka demanded. monday. Later, the police fired tear gas and sound grenades to disperse them. Later, […]
Bangladeshi cricket referee Debabrata Paul said on Monday he has “resigned” after taking part in anti-government protests, with supporters alleging he was ousted under pressure. Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) match referee coordinator Debabrata on Friday attended a rally of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), drawing criticism from other influential board officials.
