City
10,500 named in five cases over Mirpur garment workers’ protests; 29 arrested
Five cases have been filed so far over garment workers’ protests in Mirpur, Dhaka, demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000. More than 10,500 people have been named as accused in the cases. Police have arrested 29 people since Monday morning.
Police officer 'seizes journalist’s phone'; Device still not returned
An additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of police in Dhaka’s Mirpur zone, Zahidul Islam, has been accused of forcibly taking the mobile phone of Kaler Kantho multimedia reporter Mahbub Islam while he was covering an ongoing garment workers’ protest. Video footage showing the incident has since emerged publicly.
Police vehicle set on fire as three metro rail stations shut in Mirpur
A police vehicle was reportedly set on fire during clashes between garment workers and police in the Mirpur area of the capital.
Police charge batons during clash with RMG workers in Mirpur
Garment workers staged protests in the capital’s Mirpur area, demanding that the minimum monthly wage be fixed at Tk 30,000.
DB arrests retired Major Hafiz
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has detained Major (retd) Khandaker Abdul Hafiz of the Bangladesh Army from the capital’s Banani area. He was arrested late on Saturday night on allegations of activities against state security and involvement in the conspiracy behind the BDR killings.
Banned AL flash march: Crude bombs hit Dhanmondi, 4 held
Multiple crude bomb explosions took place in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area during a flash procession by the banned Awami League. Police detained four people in connection with the incident and defused 17 unexploded crude bombs recovered from the scene.
Five of a family burned in Gazipur gas leak fire
Five members of a family suffered burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas leak in Kashimpur, Gazipur, on Thursday morning.
Mirpur-10 blocked as garment workers stage wage protest
Hundreds of ready-made garment (RMG) workers blocked the major Mirpur-10 intersection in the capital on Thursday morning, demanding a substantial increase in their minimum monthly salary to Tk 30,000.
Ex-flight lieutenant Tahsif Souri’s body recovered from Turag a day after disappearance
River police have recovered the body of retired Bangladesh Air Force Flight Lieutenant K M Tahsif Sauri from the Turag River in the capital’s Uttarkhan area.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University students vandalise trade fair structures over secretariat relocation plan
Students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) have protested against the government’s announcement to relocate the Bangladesh Secretariat from its current location to the site of the former trade fair ground in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. During the protest, they vandalised a gate and several stalls built for an international trade fair