Hundreds of RMG workers of “Welltex factory” of Adib Group blocked Dhaka-Mymensing highway  for one hour in Mulaid area of Gazipur demanding to pay their due salary on Saturday. They blocked the highway from 8.30 am to 9.30 am and staged demonstration here. Workers of the washing section…

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said the government has turned ‘orphan’ diplomatically with no support from close foreign friends over Rohingya issue, reports UNB. “When the Chinese President visited Bangladesh, our Prime Minister said Bangladesh-China diplomatic…

At least four persons killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Comilla and Sylhet on Friday, reports UNB. A man was killed as a vehicle hit him in front of Gulistan trade center under Paltan thana in the capital on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Nuru Miah, 50, hailing from Nawabganj.…

World Food Programme (WFP) will provide food assistance to 500,000 Rohingyas, who entered Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar, reports BSS. WFP Executive Director David Beasley announced the food support for Rohingya refugees when he met with Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain…

Police in a drive arrested ten suspected Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami-Chhatra Shibir men from Bikrampur Garden City in Kadamtali area of the city on Friday night, reports UNB. Abdul Jalil, officer-in-charge of Kadamtali Police Station said on secret information that militants were preparing…

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Edward M Kennedy Centre for Public Service and the Arts (EMK Centre) yesterday evening, reports BSS. Supporters and partners from academia, arts, business, civil society, the diplomatic community, and alumni of U.S.…