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5 arrested over vandalising DU bus at Uttara

Police on Wednesday arrested five people, including banned Bangladesh Chhatra League activist Arafat over the allegation of vandalising Dhaka University bus at Uttara on Tuesday afternoon...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Bashundhara’s shares of Tk 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...

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Historic May Day today

Bangladesh along with the rest of the world will observe May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, today with demands for ensuring worker rights, including right to workplace safety and right to forming and joining trade unions...

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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...

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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...

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No nat’l minimum wage widens disparity 

The absence of a national minimum wage forces a huge number of employees and workers in many formal and informal sectors in the country to remain highly low paid, widening income inequality...

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