Fatal factory fire in Bangladesh is déjà vu
The horror of worker deaths is overshadowing Eid celebrations in Bangladesh. Last weekend, a fierce fire ripped through a three-storey packaging factory and eventually caused the building to collapse. The death toll so far at Tampaco Foils Ltd is 33 workers, with dozens more injured. Before it was reduced to ruins, Tampaco counted Nestle in Bangladesh and British American Tobacco among its multinational clients.
The Bangladesh government has announced compensation for the victims and ordered an investigation. Criminal complaints have reportedly been filed, including against the factory owner, who is a former member of parliament.
But this latest disaster begs the question: how many more people need to die before Bangladesh finally tackles its unsafe factories?
Fire kills at least 24 in Tongi
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.
Firefighters are strugglin...
The blast was caused by an explosion in the boiler room, at the start of the working day, officials say.
Firefighters are strugglin...
Get women in unions to improve worker rights
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 
Banglalink, WE launch 3 smartphones
Banglalink, one of the leading digital communication service providers of Bangladesh has brought exciting Data bonus with WE smartphones. The smartphones WE A1, WE L2 and WE V2 were launched on today at Banglalink Headquarters Tiger’s Den in Gulshan. Present at the launching ceremony were Taimur Rahman, Chief Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Banglalink, Shahriar Ahmed Remon, Head of Device, Banglalink, Shibly Sadiq, Device Senior Manager, Banglalink and Intekhab Mahmud, CEO, Aamra, Ehsan Ul Haque, Head of Business Development, Aamra and Towheed Chowdhury, DGM, Aamra.
The smartphone WE A1 is available at only BDT 3,050. It has 1.0 GHz dual core processor, 4” WVGA screen, Android Lollipop 5.1, 512MB RAM, 4 GB ROM, up to 32GB memory support,
Kashem Humayun joins Agrani Bank
Renowned Journalist Kashem Humayun join Agrani Bank Limited as Director on Thursday September 8, 2016. The same day he participated its Board of Directors meeting. The newly appointed Director of Agrani Bank Limited Kashem Humayun was given warm reception with flower bouquets by the Board of Directors.
Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Zaid Bakht, Director Mr. Gokul Chand Das, Dr. Nitai 
Chandra Nag, Mr. Md. Ashiqul Hoque Chawdhury, Shamim Ahsan, Managing Director & CEO Mohammed Shams-Ul Islam, Dep...
Chandra Nag, Mr. Md. Ashiqul Hoque Chawdhury, Shamim Ahsan, Managing Director & CEO Mohammed Shams-Ul Islam, Dep...
iPhone 6S for winners of Eid selfi contest
The online ticketing platform- bdtickets.com has organized an Eid Selfi contest for its customers. Anyone purchasing bus, launch or movie tickets from bdtickets.com over the Eid ul Azha vacation will be able to take part in this competition. Ten winners of the selfi competition will get iPhone 6S smartphone. Starting from today, the competition will run till 18th September.
The selfi competition involves very engaging activity over the popular social media platform facebook. In order to take part in the selfi contest, the customer needs to first purchase a ticket from bdtickets.com. If someone has bought a bus or launch ticket from the platform then s/he needs to take an interesting selfie of the journey and post it on bdtickets’ facebook page (facebook/bdtickets).
