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Call for justice after police shoot dead five Bangladeshi workers
Catholic leader condemns the killing of power plant workers protesting about their conditions and overdue salaries
An injured man rests on a wheelchair after being treated at a hospital in Chittagong on April 17, 2021, following a protest by demonstrating workers at the construction site of a Chinese-financed power plant. (AFP)
A Catholic leader has condemned the killing of five workers by police who opened fire on a protest by workers at an under-construction power plant in Bangladesh.
Workers at the S. Alam group-owned SS Power Plant in Banshkhali in Chittagong district were holding a demonstration on April 17 about their working conditions and overdue salaries when police fired on them, killing five and injuring at least 30.
Chattogram city polls 2021: Complaints pile up, EC sees little merit
Polls tomorrow yet half the complaints left unaddressed; Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder worried over clashes in the run-up
Almost half the complaints filed by mayor and councillor candidates in the Chattogram City Corporation elections, to be held tomorrow, are yet to be addressed.
Besides, police personnel engaged by the Election Commission did not find proof of any wrongdoing over most of the complaints already been dealt with.
The candidates have been lodging complaints against each other with the EC over the last two weeks in the run-up to the CCC polls.