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Abrar killing: Properties of four fugitives to be seized
Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued an order to attach properties of four fugitive accused in a case filed over the killing of Bangladesh University of Engineering andReadMore
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 acceptedReadMore
Have to fix the sickness of society: PM
Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will continue its drive against corruption, terrorism, militancy and drugs to eliminate these social menaces from the country as thoseReadMore
Government to issue registration of online news portals from next week
Shawdesh DEsk: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the government will start issuing registration for online news portals of the country from next week. “National dailies and televisionReadMore
Twins drown in Madaripur pond
Shawdesh DEsk: Twin brothers drowned in a pond at Kalkini upazila in Madaripur on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as Armo Roy and Praggo Roy, both of them wereReadMore
Man paraded naked for trying to rape 4-year-old girl
Shawdesh DEsk: A 35-year-old man was paraded naked on Sunday evening by people for trying to rape a four-year-old girl at her house in Pardi area of Nagpur in MaharashtraReadMore
4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar-India border region
Shawdesh Desk: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale struck the Myanmar-India Border region on Monday, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The tremors occurred at 06:42 amReadMore
22nd anniversary of CHT Peace Accord today
Shawdesh Desk: The 22nd anniversary of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord is today. The accord was signed on December 2 in 1997 between the government and the Parbatya ChattagramReadMore
