At least 24 people have been killed in a huge fire that broke out at a packaging factory in Bangladesh.
A further 70 people are reported to have been injured in the blaze at an industrial complex in Tongi, north of the capital Dhaka.
Police said about 100 people were in the four-storey building at the time, including machine operators and guards.
The blast was caused by an explosion in the boiler room, at the start of the working day, officials say.
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Former child laborer Nazma Akter knew she would dedicate her life to improving workers’ rights when she joined her first protest outside a garment factory in Bangladesh when still a teenager several decades ago.
From the age of 11, Akter worked 14-hour days alongside her mother on the factory floor where she says unpaid wages and verbal and physical abuse were common.
After taking part in the protest in the capital Dhaka, she was beaten by police, fired from her job and blacklisted.
But now Akter, 43, campaigns to defend workers’ rights as head of Sommilito Garments Sramik
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) organized a national level workshop on “Prospects of natural fiber based product and the closing ceremony of the project” today under Bangladesh INSPIRED program funded by the Ministry of Industries, GoB and the European Union at Ivy Rahman Auditorium, Bangladesh Mohila Somity, Dhaka. Mr. Amir Hossain Amu, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Industries, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, while Mr. Mario Ronconi, Minister Counsellor and Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh was present as the Guest of Honor and Mr. Shushen Chandra Das, Project Director, Bangladesh INSPIRED and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Industries and Mr. Sirajul Islam, Dir...
Bikroy, the largest marketplace in Bangladesh had introduced an exclusive Qurbani offer for their online shoppers. The campaign was to make this Eid more vibrant with our country’s famous “Mir Kadim” and “Chennai Express” cows. These animals have been fed with only the best organic feed, raised in humane and hygienic conditions and are guaranteed growth hormone-free. This was a month long campaign where buyers needed to visit http://www.bikroy.com/qurbani and then selected their desired animal. This offer has availed the lucky buyers to purchase their intended animals at 70% discount.
Bikroy will also be bringing other great offers during this QurbaniEid, including thousands of quality animals from Bikroy Members, costing from 30,000 BDT up to 20 lac BDT, as well as butchering and tr...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof Muhammad Yunus will be among those speaking at the three-day Pangkor International Development Dialogue (PIDD) beginning Monday.
In his keynote address, Muhammad Yunus will be speaking on social business and how it can be a tool to narrow income gaps and address poverty and unemployment.
"Every country and state should achieve three zeroes - zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero carbon emission.
"And all this can be done through social businesses," said the founder of the Gra...
US secretary of state John Kerry arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning on a nine-hour visit packed with a series of meetings to discuss bilateral and global issues that both sides expect to take the relations to ‘new heights’.
Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali received Kerry at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his arrival around 10:15am from Geneva by a special aircraft.
Kerry will start his day visiting Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the city at about 11:30am.
He will meet prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister’s Office at 12:00pm, reports United News of Bangladesh.
