The Jagannath University Teachers鈥� Association on Thursday announced a complete shutdown of the university until their demands, including for accommodation facilities and the completion of their proposed new campus, are met.
Protesting students of Sunamganj Medical College on Monday, the seventh day of their ongoing movement, imposed a complete shutdown on the campus pressing for their two-point demand, including immediate opening of the hospital on the college campus...
Chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, who is also the acting head of the posts and telecommunications division, on Saturday said that all policies allowing internet shutdowns would be abolished, as past shutdowns had harmed freelancers and deterred investment in the country...
Ain O Salish Kendra, a rights organisation, on Wednesday expressed concern over the forced shutdown of eateries in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country during the daytime in the month of Ramadan...
The Malaysia chapter of the 鈥楤angladesh Prabashi Odhikar Parishad鈥� on Thursday protested the alleged data breach and corruption linked to ESKL, a passport, visa, immigration service providing company reportedly owned by members of Sheikh family...
Medical interns at Chattogram Medical College Hospital and Khulna Medical College Hospital started a 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� on Sunday, demanding the fulfillment of their five-point demand, including reforms in the healthcare sector...
Classes and examinations in all departments of Jagannath University remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday due to a shutdown by students demanding transfer of construction work of the second campus to the army...
The US Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown early Saturday after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March.
Lawmakers sent a package to the Senate that would keep federal agencies running through mid-March 鈥撯�� but the upper chamber only has until midnight (0500 GMT) to follow suit or federal agencies will begin shutting...
Republicans in the US Congress have come up with a new funding package to avert a holiday-season government shutdown, Donald Trump said Thursday, after an earlier cross-party deal was derailed by the president-elect...
Staring down a Friday night deadline to fund federal agencies, party leaders in Congress had agreed on a 鈥榗ontinuing resolution鈥� to keep the lights on until mid-March and avoid having to send public workers home without pay over Christmas...
Several Palli Bidyut Samity units under the Rural Electrification Board on Thursday stopped electricity supply at different places, including Feni, Munshiganj and Comilla.
US congressional leaders announced a deal on Sunday to extend funding for the federal government until mid-December, averting a contentious shutdown just weeks ahead of the election...
THE ongoing labour unrest in the apparel sector that has led to the shutdown of more than a hundred factories is gravely concerning for owners and employees in the sector and the economy. The unrest at a time when fresh orders come aplenty is feared to have a lasting negative impact on the sector. September and October are crucial for the sector as most...
The interim government鈥檚 health adviser, Nurjahan Begum, on Sunday requested doctors to withdraw their shutdown programme at hospitals across the country.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission chair Md Mohiuddin Ahmed directed the internet shutdown during the recent protests, following verbal instructions from former state minister for posts, telecommunication, and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak...
Banks need to have a separate internet service line dedicated solely to financial institutions to continue their operations and prevent losses from incidents like the recent nationwide internet shutdown...
The country鈥檚 business leaders on Sunday demanded low-cost bank loans, rescheduling facilities, deferred payment of loan instalments and waiver of port demurrage due to the suspension of business activities caused by the nationwide shutdown, curfew, general holidays and internet outage centring the quota reform movement...
Dhaka stocks dropped in the past week after gaining for four consecutive weeks, amid the countrywide shutdown enforced by the quota reform protesters, market operators said...
A Complete shutdown called by Anti-discrimination Student Movement is underway with protesters blocking roads and highways in Dhaka and other places across the country since Thursday morning...
Public university teachers across the country decided on Sunday to continue their indefinite work abstention programme until all their demands, particularly the demand for cancellation of the new universal pension scheme Prattay, were met...
The teachers of public universities across the country continued their indefinite work abstention programme for the 11th day on Thursday, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme that was made mandatory for new recruits...