Fire broke out in a textile scrap warehouse belonging to Tropical Knitex Limited in the Chandra Palli Bidyut area of Kaliakair, Gazipur, on Sunday afternoon, amidst mounting local labour unrest. Emergency operations faced severe delays as fire crews encountered gridlocked traffic and blockaded highways, ultimately requiring Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) escorts to reach the scene […]

Garment workers in Gazipur staged fresh demonstrations on Sunday, demanding that the minimum monthly wage be raised to Tk 30,000. The protests, which spread across several industrial areas from the morning, brought traffic on the Dhaka–Tangail Highway to a complete standstill. A police box in Konabari was also set on fire during the unrest. In […]

A mosque committee in Nandail, Mymensingh, has removed its imam from his position following remarks in a Friday sermon in which he described former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as an ‘autocrat’. The decision has prompted mixed reactions among local residents and worshippers, with some questioning the committee’s action and others raising concerns about political comments […]

Awami League activists from the party’s Mohammadpur thana unit staged a torchlight procession in the Kallyanpur area of the capital on Saturday evening, 31 October. More than 50 people reportedly took part in the march, which began in the Darus Salam area before ending within the jurisdiction of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station. The procession started […]