Clashes erupt at textile workers rally in Bangladesh

DHAKA - Bangladesh's Islamist-backed main opposition on Sunday swept mayoral elections in four cities in a major setback for the ruling party ahead of general polls. The centre-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won by big margins in the major ...

Dhaka: Hundreds of Bangladesh factory workers who fell sick in recent weeks could have been struck down by a mysterious illness described as a type of "mass hysteria," officials said on Tuesday. Garment workers at several factories fell sick with ...

Dhaka, June 18 (ANI): Bangladesh factory workers have been reportedly hit by 'mass psychogenic illness' and have not fallen sick due to contaminated water. According to the Christian Science Monitor, 450 garment workers fell ill at the Starlight ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal is due to pronounce judgment on a top Islamist politician on Thursday, raising fears a guilty verdict could ignite a fresh round of clashes between members of his party and security forces.

DHAKA, June 18 (Reuters) - approved $154 million worth of investment on Tuesday to boost electricity supply and enable a number of textile investments. The move was made by the dealing with approvals of private sector foreign borrowing at a meeting ...

United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka The finance minister, AMA Muhith, has assured the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh of reconsidering the budgetary proposal to increase duty on newsprint import from 3 per cent to 25 per cent in the ...

DHAKA: Bangladesh's pioneering microlender faces an uncertain future after a commission proposed the government take over or break up the Nobel-award-winning bank, analysts said yesterday. The government commission has released a working paper on ...

The (JRC) ministerial meeting, scheduled for tomorrow in Dhaka, has been postponed. "Due to pressing domestic engagements, the has to postpone his visit to Dhaka," official sources said here today. They said fresh dates for the JRC will be worked ...

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced that the Dhaka Premier League, the country's most popular one-day domestic competition, would begin on July 1. The decision was taken after BCB president Nazmul Hassan met with representatives of all Dhaka ...