RMG workers block road, vandalise factory in Gazipur
UNB, Gazipur :Workers of a sweater factory in Gazipur blocked the road protesting the factory authority’s decision to retrench workers.Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway...
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Tobacco Control Law needs amendment: Prof. AAMS Arefin
Staff Reporter :Strong measures need to be taken soon for reducing tobacco’s use in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to free...
Foodpanda evades Tk 3.4 crore VAT alleged
Staff Reporter :VAT Audit, Intelligence & Investigation Directorate has found evidence of hoaxing Tk 3.4 crore Value Added Tax (VAT) after conducting a drive in...
India buzzes with fake news of ‘civil war’ in Pakistan
BBC News :Fake news has been widely circulating on Indian sites and social media this week, claiming a civil war had broken out in the...
Always be ready to protect Constitution, sovereignty of motherland: PM to Army
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Army to remain always ready for facing any threat from home and abroad to...
Secure safe, sustainable Rohingya repatriation
UNB, Dhaka :The United States has urged the Myanmar government to secure the voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return of Rohingya and other refugees and...
BUET director testifies in Abrar murder case
Court Correspondent :Dr Mizanur Rahman, Student Welfare Director of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) testified yesterday in the case filed in connection with...
Hundreds of Muslims hold anti-France protest in BD
AP, Dhaka :Hundreds of activists from an Islamist political party protested in Bangladesh’s capital on Wednesday against the French president’s support of secular laws that...
US Senators call for sanctions on RAB over ‘extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances’
News Desk :A group of United States Senators has called on the Trump administration to impose sanctions on senior commanders of Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion...
Philadelphia rocked by fresh unrest after police shooting
BBC Online :Hundreds of protesters marched through the US city of Philadelphia for a second night, demanding racial justice after police fatally shot a black...
Man shot and robbed in Savar
Staff Reporter :Unidentified criminals allegedly shot an Italy returnee and grabbed Tk 5.70 lakh from him in broad daylight in Savar’s Vakurta area, adjacent to...