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
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
But for Rokeya Begum and her family, things will never get back to normal
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
The 12-storey dormitory built by the government for female garment workers for Tk 26.98 crore remains eerily empty despite being ready for almost a year now.
Second-year degree student Munni Akter, 21, from Barguna, needs a job in order to build a secure future. Her chances of getting a good
Influential people including some leaders of the ruling party allegedly set up at least nine illegal cattle markets across Savar upazila, on the outskirts of the capital, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
A suburb, Savar, is roughly 22km north-west of Dhaka city. Because it is close to the capital, the area is highly industrialised and sees heavy traffic
In a recent video, two men were seen firing two blank shots in succession from the same shotgun. They used the firearm to inaugurate
The residents of different areas in Savar's Ashulia have been in the grip of perennial waterlogging for a month.
At age 12, all he knew was work. The boy never could picture a world outside of the workplace -- an electric switch factory -- until he enrolled in VERC School. Despite continuing work, Jenarul Islam has learnt how to dream.
The majority of Bank Colony area in Savar has been waterlogged for five months, causing immense sufferings to hundreds of residents.
Egg growers in Savar have been counting losses for the last three months due to its falling prices in the wholesale
For Abdul Kaium Hossen, it all started with five bighas of land in Savar at the age of 16.
