College student dies in Keraniganj road crash
Shawdesh Desk: A college boy was killed after his motorbike crashed into the gate of a roadside house in Char Joypara village in Dohar upazila of Dhaka on Monday night. ReadMore
SA Games: Al Amin secures 2nd gold for Bangladesh
Sports Desk: Bangladesh won the second gold medal in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games in Nepal on Tuesday as Al Amin, a member of Bangladesh Army, secured it in ReadMore
All-India NRC by 2024, all illegals will be expelled before polls: Amit Shah
Shawdesh Desk: Setting a 2024 deadline for completing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the country, Union home minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Monday declared at poll ReadMore
Workers of nine state-owned jute mills went on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday morning to press home their 11-point demand, including payment of arrears. Md Murad Hossain, joint convener of CBA and Non-CBA Sangram Parishad, said they have no option other than going on strike because they cannot run their families anymore without salaries and wages. Over 30,000 workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore have long been waiting for payment of wages of nine to twelve months, he said, reports UNB. Beside, two to four months’ salaries of over 1000 employees remained unpaid. Murad also said despite repeated assurance, Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation did not implement the Wage Board Commission for workers. Workers of Crescent Jute Mills, Platinum Jute Mills, Khalishpur Jute Mills, Daulatpur Jute Mills, Star Jute Mills, Eastern Jute Mills, Alim Jute Mills in Khulna and JJI and Carpeting jute mills in Jashore are enforcing the strike which will continue until 6am on Wednesday. Their 11-point demand includes necessary allocation for jute sector, payment of outstanding salaries, wages, implementation of Wage Board Commission and weekly wage payment. Workers brought out rallies in front of different jute mills in the city where, convener of CBA and Non-CBA Sangram Parishad Abdul Hamid, CBA president of Platinum Jute Mills Shahana Sharmin, general secretary of Khalishpur Jute Mills CBA Ibrahim Sheikh, among other, spoke.
Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has agreed to take over the charge of the chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) next year. “The honourable prime minister has accepted ReadMore
Jute mills workers go on 24-hr strike in Khulna, Jashore
Shawdesh Desk: Workers of nine state-owned jute mills went on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday morning to press home their 11-point demand, including payment of arrears. Md Murad Hossain, joint ReadMore
Williamson hails ‘hard work’ to save Test, seal England series win
Shawdesh Desk: Centuries from Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor ensured New Zealand drew the rain-hit second Test against England in Hamilton on Tuesday, sealing a 1-0 series win. New Zealand ReadMore
WHO warns measles resurgent as Samoa deaths rise
Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organisation warned of a “slide back” in global efforts to eliminate measles Tuesday, as the death toll from an outbreak that has killed dozens of ReadMore
Trump to ‘restore’ tariffs on steel, aluminium from Brazil and Argentina
Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump has said he will place tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Brazil and Argentina. He justified the move saying those countries’ weak currencies ReadMore
