Dhaka鈥檚 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� air quality persists
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 176 at 11:00am on Thursday morning.
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Polytechnic students shut down institutes for 2nd day
The students of polytechnic institutes across the country kept their respective institutions locked for the second day on Wednesday under an indefinite campus shutdown programme to press home their six-point demand...
Labourer found dead beside railway tracks
Railway police recovered the body of a man near railway tracks in Rajshahi city on Wednesday morning...
Govt鈥檚 foreign loan repay rises by 24pc
The government repaid $3.2 billion to creditors to service foreign debts in the first nine months of the current financial year (2024-25)...
We want peace, but not getting ready for war suicidal: Yunus
Noting that war was always an expensive affair, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday emphasised that Bangladesh should design its overall strategy with required preparation, while at the same be open to peace...
None should consider them as minority: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party is committed to protecting the rights of every citizen irrespective of their religion, caste and creed...
UNHCR for sheltering 1.13 lakh more Rohingyas
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has recently pressed the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner to ensure accommodation of 1.13 lakh more Rohingyas amid uncertainty of repatriation...
Bashundhara鈥檚 shares of Tk聽1,458cr seized
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 75.46 crore shares, worth Tk 1,458 crore, of 22 companies of the Bashundhara Group in connection with graft allegations...
Historic May Day today
Bangladesh along with the rest of the world will observe May Day, also known as International Workers鈥� Day, today with demands for ensuring worker rights, including right to workplace safety and right to forming and joining trade unions...
22,000 cases pending with labour courts
The wait for justice for hundreds of workers is getting ever longer, as the labour courts and the labour appellate tribunal are struggling to deal with a backlog of around 22,000 cases...
Labour rights still far cry
The labour sector needs comprehensive reforms to ensure worker rights and welfare. The interim government has, however, received recommendations from the labour reforms commission...