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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August 8, 2021
August 8, 2021

Protesting Drug Peddling: Aimed at teacher, gunshot by JU BCL leader hits own associate

A Chhatra League leader of Jahangirnagar University allegedly fired several rounds of bullets targeting a college teacher, as he protested his peddling drugs in the area. Meanwhile, the teacher was able to save himself and one of the bullets hit an associate of that BCL leader.

July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021

Fake pesticide, fertiliser worth Tk 150cr seized from Keraniganj factory

In a two-day mobile court drive, authorities unearthed a fake fertiliser and pesticide factory at Dhaka’s Keraniganj upazila, and seized counterfeit products worth Tk 150 crore.

July 2, 2021
July 2, 2021

Many apparel workers walk to work

Many garment workers faced trouble yesterday as they walked to their workplaces in absence of public transport and for not having any transport arranged by the factories on the first day of a week-long strict countrywide lockdown.

April 25, 2021
April 25, 2021

‘Feel unlucky to have survived’

Nilufar Yeasmin was 25 when Rana Plaza collapsed. She was an operator at Phantom Apparels on the fourth floor of the building.

February 14, 2021
February 14, 2021

February brings hope for florists

Days will be longer for the flower growers for the next couple of months thanks to its increased demand because of back-to-back national events, beginning with Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day today, both of which will be observed on the same day in Bangladesh this year.

February 11, 2021
February 11, 2021

How Savar became a hub of rose cultivation

Sabed Ali was 16 years old when he began working as a gardener at Bangladesh National Zoo.

January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021

Dreaming anew with jute

On June 15, 2017, a section of a clay wall crashed and fell on 18-year-old Sabina Yeasmin, paralysing her from the waist down. The incident happened just when she was about to sit for her HSC exams, and set her education back by two whole years.

December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

A mess 28yrs in the making

Savar Municipality authorities have failed to arrange a landfill or garbage dumping station in its 28 years of establishment, hampering waste management to a great extent.

December 6, 2020
December 6, 2020

‘Riverbank grabbers mustn’t contest in polls’

Savar residents yesterday urged authorities to bar riverbank grabbers from contesting in elections.

November 19, 2020
November 19, 2020

Garment workers stage sit-in in Ashulia for arrears

Workers of A-One BD staged a sit-in in front of the Ashulia Press Club for the second consecutive day yesterday, demanding ten months arrears from their factory in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ).