Anisul Islam Noor :Europe and North America’s two buyer associations-Accord and Alliance- have suspended their relation with 298 garment factories in the country, a source of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said on Monday.Many of these factory owners have failed to comply with reform programs and ensure safety measure within the schedule time.Talking with The New Nation a leader of BGMEA said that the Accord and the Alliance are working to improve safety standards of factories in the...
bdnews24.com :Several Bangladeshi workers without valid documents have been arrested in the Maldives, local media reports.Witnesses said at least 20 of them were arrested from a local market in Male on Thursday, reported Haveeru Online.An immigration official told Haveeru the arrests followed a crackdown on undocumented migrant workers.But the country’s immigration department did not specify how many Bangladeshi expatriates had been were arrested on Thursday morning.According to the country’s law, only Maldivians are allowed to work in the local markets....
Staff Reporter :Shipra Debnath, an associate of slain ex-Major Sinha, faced social media backlash after posting controversial video message on YouTube channel. The online platforms are flooded with the comments criticizing Shipra over her recently uploaded video and face book pictures. In an interview with German-based news agency Deutsche Welle (DW), Shipra Debnath avoided the issue of murder. Questioned also raised why she avoided it?Recently in a video message, posted on social media Shipra Debnath, urged for subscribing their YouTube...
Sagar Biswas :Thousands of panic stricken residents of 10 to 12 villages of Araihazar upzila in Narayanganj district have fled away from their houses to avoid police harassment after a murder case was filed against the villagers on charge of Thursday’s mass beating.It is alleged that the accused villagers were all ‘unnamed’ and many of them even did not take part in the beating that left eight dacoits killed on the spot. At present, most of the shops are closed...
Joynal Abedin Khan : A good number of Police personnel have been found involved with various crimes like killing, kidnapping, extorting, raping, grabbing, bribing, drug smuggling and human trafficking. Some of them are connected with national and international crime syndicates, specially drug business, human trafficking, and departmental promotion and recruit business. Besides some Police men are earning much more money illegally in the name of arresting the BNP-Jammat men and drug peddlers, intelligence source said.Some unscrupulous police members have been...
International Desk :G7 foreign ministers gathered in London on Tuesday with human rights and protecting democracy high on the agenda.A number of global issues of concern will be discussed throughout the day – but it is the military coup in Myanmar and the ensuing crackdown on protesters that will dominate the opening exchanges between the ministers, reports DW.Tuesday’s meeting comes after Britain’s foreign secretary Dominic Raab met his US counterpart, Antony Blinken, on Monday, as well as his opposite number...
Staff Reporter :At least two persons were burnt to death when a fire broke out at 15 houses and shops...
A group of Bangladeshi students stuck in Yichang, a city in Hubei province of China, have appealed for evacuation citing a shortage of food and lockdown for a coronavirus outbreak.As many as 172 Bangladesh nationals studying at the Three Gorges University in the locked down city have been affected by the restrictions, according to some of them.They said, they want to return home as like as the 312 Bangladeshis who had been evacuated from Wuhan, another city some 285 kilometres...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to retake “the whole country”, in an interview published hours after a pause in hostilities was agreed.He told AFP news agency the involvement of other countries in Syria meant that “the solution will take a long time”.Earlier, the UN said it hoped to start delivering aid to some besieged areas in Syria within the next 24 hours.It came after world powers agreed to push for a cessation of hostilities in a week’s time.More than...
News Desk :Voting was under way in France for the high-stakes, second-round parliamentary election with a surge in support for the left-wing alliance threatening recently re-elected President Emmanuel Macron’s hopes for an outright majority.Macron is facing a challenge from NUPES, a new left-wing alliance led by former Socialist Jean-Luc Melenchon. The rejuvenated left is putting up a fight as rampant inflation drives up the cost of living and sends shockwaves through the French political landscape.In the first round of voting...
Bangladesh wants to rely on the United Nations (UN) to find a solution to the problem it is facing now following the killings and persecution in Rakhine State of Myanmar resulting in the influx of over 4 lakh Rohingyas into Bangladesh since August 25.“The Kofi Annan Commission’s report is the basis. We’ll be happy if it’s implemented,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam told reporters at the Foreign Ministry here on Sunday.He said they can wait as the...
Staff Reporter :Narayanganj police have filed a case against atleast 500 unknown people eight days after a clash took place between supporters of local Awami League (AL) lawmaker Shamim Osman and followers of the city corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy over eviction of street hawkers.Joynal Abedin, inspector (operation) of Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station filed the case last night, Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of the police station, told media.At least 50 people including Ivy were injured as supporters of MP Shamim...