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1 dead, 15 injured as bus overturns near Bangabandhu Tunnel
UNB : A 35-year-old man was killed and 15 others injured after a passenger bus overturned at the entrance of the recently opened Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel in Patenga end of the port...
RMG workers resume protests for wage hike in Gazipur
Staff Reporter : Workers of ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Gazipur took to the street on Thursday, protesting against the minimum wage set by the government formed wage board. Their protests also triggered clashes...
2nd day of BNP-Jamaat’s blockade: 7 vehicles torched across country
Staff Reporter : At least seven vehicles, including two passenger buses in capital, were torched across the country on Thursday, the second day of the third phase blockade enforced by BNP, and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami....
Clash between police, garment workers halts traffic on Dhaka-Tangail highway for an hour
UNB, Gazipur : Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Tangail highway remained suspended for one hour today following a clash between police and garment workers as the latter demonstrated in Noujor area in Gazipur demanding basic salary...
EC ready to hold general election on time: CEC tells President Shahabuddin
UNB, Dhaka : Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday said the Election Commission is determined to hold the next general election in the stipulated time and procedures as its constitutional obligation. “We...
Covered van set on fire in Khagrachhari amid blockade
UNB, Khagrachari : A covered van of a courier service was set on fire in the Shapmara area of Matiranga upazila in Khagrachhari on Wednesday morning amid the first day of the countrywide 48-hour...
Clash with police leaves female garment worker dead in Gazipur
UNB, Gazipur : A female garment worker was killed and ten were injured in a clash between police and RMG workers at Konabari in Gazipur on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Anjuara Khatun,...
Workers protest: Two buses torched in Gazipur
Staff Reporter : Two buses have been torched and several vehicles vandalised on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Konabari area in Gazipur city when police lobbed teargas shells to disperse agitating workers from the road on...