Aklakur Rahman Akash

Nafisa’s HSC result the last memory left with her mother

When the HSC results were published yesterday, Kulsum Begum, mother of 17-year-old Nafisa Hossin Marwa, found out that her daughter had secured GPA 4.25

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Most RMG units return to normalcy

Normalcy returned to most factories on the outskirts of Dhaka as labour unrest eased and most workers returned to their factories yesterday. .Garment factories in the Ashulia, Zirabo and Zirani areas have been reopening since Sunday..Of the 407 garment factories in these areas, 392

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Death of a garments worker in Ashulia: How it happened

But for Rokeya Begum and her family, things will never get back to normal

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No steps taken over vandalism of two shrines in Dhamrai

The shrines of Buchai Pagla and Barkat Ma, located in Dhamrai upazila within Dhaka district, were vandalised last week, but police and the administration are yet to take any action regarding these incidents.

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No steps taken over vandalism of two shrines in Dhamrai

On Wednesday, over 500 people gathered at the Buchai Paglar Mazar (shrine of Buchai Pagla) in the Batulia area of Sanora union in Dhamrai, and vandalised it

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Unrest hits industries

Workers from different sectors continued their demonstrations in Ashulia, Savar, Dhamrai, and Gazipur yesterday demanding equal rights in jobs, increase in salaries, and regularisation of contractual workers.

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Workers unrest: Production shuts at 10 RMG, 20 pharma units

Amid workers’ demonstrations for better pay, regularisation, and two-day weekend, production at some 10 garment and 20 pharmaceutical factories stopped on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday and yesterday.

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Viral video of August 5: Policemen seen piling up bodies on van

A grisly video of several partially covered bloodstained bodies on a van with some policemen standing by has gone viral on social media, raising questions about possible disrespectful handling of bodies of quota movement victims.

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April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024

11 years on, cries for justice remain unheeded

Marking the 11th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladesh's deadliest industrial disaster, survivors and relatives of the victims today gathered at the site in Savar demanding adequate compensation and maximum punishment for the culprits

December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023

Rose growers see strong start to peak sales season

Rose growers across Savar in the central region of Bangladesh are enjoying good yields and sales of the flower amid the peak sales season this year, with prices having reached sky-high on New Year's Eve

November 24, 2023
November 24, 2023

Falling egg prices leave poultry farmers in a bind

price of each egg at farm level has fallen by between Tk 3 to Tk 3.5 in one month

July 29, 2023
July 29, 2023

AL activists, police take over some BNP sit-ins

Law enforcers were seen confiscating the tables, chairs and microphones that BNP was supposed to use in the sit in

July 19, 2023
July 19, 2023

2 cops ‘tortured three people to extort money’

Two police officers in Savar have allegedly tortured three people and extorted money from them in three separate incidents.

July 16, 2023
July 16, 2023

A muddy menace

Sukumar Chakma, a senior official at Union Pharmaceuticals Limited in Savar’s Sadhapur, regularly faces obstacles in his daily commute due to an incomplete road project.

April 26, 2023
April 26, 2023

Bride-groom demand repeal of DSA during reception

Many brides and grooms from all over the world have come to the limelight by organising fancy weddings which make for great photos on social media

April 4, 2023
April 4, 2023

'I don't need anything else'

After spending five days in jail, Prothom Alo reporter Samsuzzaman Shams was welcomed home by his mother in Dautia village in Dhaka's Dhamrai

December 11, 2022
December 11, 2022

Their rallies are picnics

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said it would be a blunder for the BNP if seven of its lawmakers resigned from parliament.

November 25, 2022
November 25, 2022

Tazreen Tragedy: The scars still haven’t faded

Anjuara was a worker at Tazreen factory in Ashulia. On November 24, 2012, when a deadly fire broke out at the establishment, she was working on the fifth floor of the eight-storey building.