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RMG workers to enjoy all benefits beyond new wage structures

Garment workers will be enjoying all benefits beyond the new wage structures as per the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 and Bangladesh Labour Rules 2015, according to an amendmentThe latest amendment has been incorporated in a gazette notification published on November 29, four days after the announcement of the new wage...

Biman gets new Dreamliner

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to add the second Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft to its fleet.It was scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:45 pm on Saturday, Biman sources told the FE.Dreamliner, Boeing's most advanced passenger plane to date, was expected to arrive at 4:30 pm on...

Sonali Bank seeks to issue 40 million shares

The state-run Sonali Bank wants to increase its paid-up capital to Tk 45.30 billion to urgently meet its capital shortage, officials said.In November last, Sonali Bank Limited (SBL) general manager Md Ataur Rahman wrote to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in this regard.The largest state-owned bank has sought...

BNP will become friendless: Quader

The BNP is increasingly finding itself friendless in the developed, democratic world, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said, reports bdnews24.com.His comments came at a press conference on Saturday after BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed his disappointment over the role of the US in the upcoming parliamentary...

SC stays HC order on poll contestant's conviction

The Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court stayed on Saturday a High Court order that had allowed a convicted person to contest the upcoming national election, reports UNB.Appellate Division Chamber Judge Justice Hasan Foez Siddique came up with the stay order after hearing a petition filed by the state.The Chamber...

US to send poll observers amid opposition concerns

The United States will send 12 teams of observers and fund thousands of domestic observers to monitor an election in Bangladesh it hopes will be free and fair, a senior official at the U.S. embassy in Dhaka said, reports Reuters.Amid opposition concerns about rigging in the Dec. 30 general election,...