The Police seized a covered van of a private-run courier service loaded with 4,000 kilogram of tea leave smuggled in the country from India on early Tuesday at Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet and arrested the covered van driver...
Authorities in India鈥檚 southern Karnataka state approved a policy on Thursday granting women one day of paid menstrual leave each month, in what officials hailed as a 鈥榟istoric鈥� move.
Al-Arafah Islami Bank has sent its managing director Farman R Chowdhury on a three-month mandatory leave...
Islami Bank has placed its managing director, Mohammed Monirul Moula, on a three-month leave effective from Monday...
Leaders of the National Garment Workers Federation on Friday at a rally in front of the National Martyrs鈥� Memorial at Savar called on the interim government and owners of garment factories to take steps to ensure maternity leave for women garment workers.
Rights campaigners at a meeting with the labour reform commission on Tuesday highlighted the importance of maternity leave for women workers, sufficient day-care facilities for working women and strict measures against sexual harassment...
Iran has released Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media...
The Principal of Chattogram Imperial College of Nursing, Dolly Akter, has accused the college authorities of unjustly terminating her due to her pregnancy.
Bangladesh Army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday said that an interim government will be formed to govern the country as prime minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her post.
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government authorities to explain why they would not be asked to formulate a policy for introduction of paternity leave for males employed in public and private organisations in the country...
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking the establishment of policy guidelines for paternity leave for all working fathers....
