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Pro-govt rally at the cost of production

Production in many garment factories in and around the capital is set to be halted today as their workers are allegedly forced to join a rally in the capital. Led by Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan, the Garment Sramik Samannay Parishad will host the meeting at the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan protesting the indefinite blockade enforced by the BNP-led alliance. Bangladesh-rmg-workerFactory owners said they will suffer the most as thousands of their workers would abstain from work to attend the rally, reported the Dail...

Birangonas to be listed as freedom fighters

The parliament today passed a proposal to include Birangonas in the list of freedom fighters. bd-parliament1par Monirul Islam, lawmaker from Jessore-2 constituency placed the proposal before the House which passed it through voice votes. The parliament however rejected another lawmaker's proposal to rename Birangona as Birkonya. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq told the House that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave the name 'Birangona' so it would not be wise to rename it. Replyin...

Dozens missing after Bangladesh boat sinks

An overloaded fishing boat carrying migrants to Malaysia sank in strong currents off the coast of Bangladesh on Thursday and 24 passengers are missing, police said. boat capsizeEmergency workers rescued 32 Bangladeshis in the Bay of Bengal after the boat capsized some 2.5km offshore, but others are still unaccounted for, police said. “Around two dozen people are still missing. The coast guard and police are continuing their rescue operation,” local police chief Masud Alam said. “The rescued passengers told us that the boat had u...

Tea prices up on thin supplies amid unrest

Tea prices in Bangladesh rose at a weekly auction on Tuesday, ending two weeks of falls, due to a drop in volumes as renewed political unrest disrupted supplies. Bangladesh has been racked by political violence since anti-government protests turned violent on Jan. 5, the first anniversary of a disputed election. teaAt least 38 people have died and scores have been injured, most of them in firebomb attacks, amid a violent nationwide transport blockade by the main opposition party. Tea volumes are down this week as political violence and transport bl...

Intertek leather, footwear laboratory in Bangladesh

Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has inaugurated a comprehensive leather and footwear testing facility in Bangladesh to support the leather, footwear and leather goods industries in South Asia. leather goodsThe leather and footwear testing lab will be housed in Intertek's Tejgaon, Dhaka, location, which opened last year and is the largest Softlines testing lab in Asia. The new leather and footwear testing capabilities provide additional quality and safety assurance solutions for the leather, foo...

COPE SOUTH 15 launches in Bangladesh

BAF BASE BANGABANDHU, Bangladesh - U.S. Air Force and Bangladesh air force personnel took to the sky Jan. 24 for the launch of Exercise COPE SOUTH 15, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise at BAF Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh. cope southEighty U.S. Airmen along with three U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, integrated with approximately 200 Bangladesh Air Force Airmen and one Bangladeshi C-130B during the exer...
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