A sand-laden cargo vessel capsized in the Turag river at Aminbazar point, on the outskirts of the capital, this afternoon a day after a trawler sank in the same area yesterday.
Women of the country are gradually becoming a force in our economical growth as they are involving in businesses and taking initiative to start run independent enterprises. The indomitable entrepreneurship spirit of Bangladeshs women, inspired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, could
Pandemic ruins lives of helpless Bangladeshi garment workers
Catholic official accuses factory owners of using Covid-19 as an excuse to exploit workers and violate their rights
Workers sew clothes at a garment factory in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. A recent survey revealed that millions of garment workers have suffered job losses or pay cuts during the pandemic. (Photo: Stephan Uttom/UCA News)
Five years ago, Ripa Costa moved to Ashulia, an industrial hub about 20 kilometers from Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, with her husband and son to take a better-paying job in a garment factory.
The 32-year-old Catholic mother, who hails from Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Bonpara in Natore district, has been a garment worker since 2009. Her husband runs a tea stall to support the family.
DSA Case Against Journalist Kajol: Charged with ‘defaming ministers, MPs, leaders’
Investigation is flawed, says his lawyer
Investigators have charged photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol with circulating indecent, defamatory, objectionable and fake information about some ministers, lawmakers and top Jubo Mahila League leaders on Facebook.
After an almost 10-month long probe, Sub-inspector Mohammad Russell Mollah of Detective Branch of police, the investigation officer, filed the charge sheet with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate s Court of Dhaka on February 4 in a case under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
Usmin Ara Bally, a member of the central committee of Bangladesh Jubo Mahila League, a wing of the ruling Awami League, filed the case with Hazaribagh Police Station on March 10 last year.