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Maternity leave still goes unpaid

Women in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh do not receive legitimate benefits like paid maternity leave, according to a latest survey report.Most females polled have said they did not know about their legal rights for paid maternity leave, it said.Even many factories represented in the survey do not...

Admirers reminisce about Mizanur Rahman Shelley

Well-wishers, friends and fellows extolled late Dr Mizanur Rahman Shelley for his outstanding contributions to different fields like education, political science, social development and literature.According to them, the demise of Mr Shelley, who was well-known for versatile role as a civil servant, writer, educationist and journalist, is an irreparable loss...

Crackdown against corruption, irregularities to continue: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Saturday the government has taken measures for filing a flawless chargesheet over the murder of Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology (BUET), reports BSS."We have taken measures for filing a flawless chargesheet in Abrar murder case before the...

100 shops gutted at Ctg hawkers market

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 19: More than 100 shops were burnt down in a fire at Jahur Hawker Market in the port city on Saturday, engulfing cloths and blankets.Sources said the fire, which was originated from a short circuit at a shop in the market in Lal Dhighi area around 4:15 am,...

BSF showed 'hegemony', FM tells DW

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen termed on Saturday the recent exchange of fire between the border forces of Bangladesh and India an "accidental incident" saying the members of the Border Security Force (BSF) demonstrated their "hegemony" intruding into Bangladesh's territory, reports UNB."This is one incident. This is an accidental...

Father, daughter found dead in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 19: A young man and his four-year-old daughter were found dead at their Buchukkya Colony house in Nimtola area under Bandar police station in the port city on Saturday. Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of the victims from the house in the morning. The deceased were identified as...