Bashundhara Shopping Mall employees demand 10-hour duty
About 200 shop employees of Bashundhara City Shopping Mall on Monday in front of the complex staged demonstration demanding 10-hour working day and...
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Shop employees at Bashundhara City demand 10-hour workday
Employees of about 200 shops at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall staged demonstrations demanding 10-hour workdays and the right to government holidays on Monday in front of the shopping complex.
Offenders in economic data fabrication must be punished
BANGLADESH is set to graduate from the category of the least developed countries to become a developing country in 2026. The UN General Assembly in 2021 decided on Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation after it had qualified for it. The graduation was initially set to take place in 2024, but it was deferred by two years on a request by the government...
Philippines, Vietnam coast guards hold first joint drills
The Philippine and Vietnamese coast guards held firefighting and search-and-rescue exercises off Manila on Friday, the first such drills between the two countries with maritime disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea...
Maersk sees profits slide on Red Sea woes
Danish shipping giant Maersk posted Wednesday a 45-per cent fall in net profit in the second quarter, as supply chain disruptions due to the Red Sea crisis led to higher operating costs...
Philippines, Vietnam coast guards to hold first joint drills
The Philippines and Vietnam coast guards will hold joint exercises this week, Manila said Monday, in the first such drills between the countries in dispute with...
China issues plan to boost household consumption
China has issued a set of directives aimed at boosting household consumption, a weakness weighing on growth in the world鈥檚 second-largest聽economy, with the plan targeting sectors including child and elder care, and food and beverage...
BSAA seeks waiver of additional port charges
The Bangladesh Shipping Agent Association requested the Chattogram Port Authority to waive additional port charges incurred due to delays in loading and unloading containers and vessels, caused by the serious unrest in the country since July 18...
Mushtaq available for Pakistan series
Legendary Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed will be available as the Bangladesh national cricket team鈥檚 spin bowling coach for their forthcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan....
Chinese leaders pledge further support for flagging economy
President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders stressed the need for further reform to support economic activity and the country鈥檚 ailing property sector, state media reported Tuesday, following a key meeting centred on boosting growth...
At least 16 killed in China shopping centre fire
A fire that tore through a shopping centre in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday.
Manila will not back down in S China Sea dispute
The Philippines will 鈥榮tand our ground鈥� in a dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea, a top security official said Friday, eight years after an international ruling against...
China's president Xi assures economic assistance to Bangladesh
Chinese president Xi Jinping, in a bilateral meeting in Beijing on Wednesday, assured Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina of economic assistance under a package incorporating four areas 鈥� grant, interest-free loan, concessional loan, and commercial loan...
Philippines, Japan sign key defence pact
The Philippines and Japan signed a key defence pact on Monday that will allow the deployment of troops on each other鈥檚 territory, as they boost ties in the face of...
Xi calls on world powers to help Russia, Ukraine 鈥榬esume direct dialogue鈥�
Chinese president Xi Jinping told Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban on Monday that world powers should help Russia and Ukraine re-start direct negotiations during a...
Prime minister Hasina leaves Bangladesh for China on official visit
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday left Dhaka for Beijing on a four-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese prime minister Li Qiang...
Putin, Xi advance anti-West alliance at Central Asian summit
The leaders of China and Russia on Thursday urged their allies and partners to resist malign external influence, advancing their shared anti-Western agenda at a regional summit in Central Asia...
Xi tells leaders to resist external interference at Central Asia summit
For the third consecutive day, students blocked Dhaka鈥檚 Shahbagh intersection around 11:45am on Thursday protesting the High Court鈥檚 decision to reinstate the quota system in government jobs....
Putin, Xi for spearing influence in Central Asian region
The leaders of Russia and China were in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a regional summit, seeking to harden anti-Western alliances and press their influence in the Central Asian region....
Xi Jinping arrives in Kazakhstan for state visit, summit
Chinese president Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit on Tuesday....
14th Social Business Day ends in Manila
The 14th Social Business Day 2024, hosted by Nobel peace laureate professor Muhammad Yunus, was concluded in Manila on June 28 at the SMX Aura Convention Center in the Philippines...
Xi says China planning 鈥榤ajor鈥� reforms ahead of key political meeting
Chinese president Xi Jinping said Friday the ruling Communist Party was planning and implementing 鈥榤ajor鈥� reforms, ahead of a closely watched political conclave that is...
Philippine troops kill 10 communist rebels in clash
Philippine troops killed at least 10 suspected communist guerrillas in a clash in a remote northern area in the latest blow to a decades-old insurgency that has weakened considerably, with only about a thousand guerrillas remaining, military and security officials said on Friday.....
Social Business Day 2024 hosted by Professor Yunus kicks off in Manila
The 14th Social Business Day 2024, hosted by Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and organized by Yunus Centre is being held in Manila from June 27-28, 2024 at the SMX Aura Convention Center in Philippines....
Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter Prize
Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy has won the PEN Pinter Prize 2024....
Philippines eyes China talks after violent sea clash
The Philippines is eyeing talks with China to discuss a violent clash last week between their sailors in the South China Sea, foreign secretary Enrique Manalo said on Tuesday...
Philippines won鈥檛 be intimidated amid China row: Marcos
President Ferdinand Marcos said on Sunday the Philippines 鈥榳ill not be intimidated鈥� by anyone after a violent clash between the Filipino navy and the Chinese coast guard in the...
China's Xi vows to boost crackdown on corruption in military
China's President Xi Jinping has vowed to boost his crackdown on corruption and enhance loyalty within the armed forces, state media reported Wednesday.
Philippine, Chinese ships collide near hotspot reef, says Beijing
Philippine and Chinese vessels collided near the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on Monday, the Chinese Coast Guard said, as Beijing steps up efforts to push its claims over the disputed area.......
Philippine embassy, ULAB host film event
In celebration of Philippine national heritage month, the Philippine embassy in Bangladesh, in collaboration with the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, the Film...