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Authorities launched nationwide crackdown against suspected militants Bangladesh is reeling from a wave of brutal killings that have spiked in recent weeks, in which religious minorities, secular thinkers, bloggers and…
Dozens of people were bloodied and hospitalized. The officers were cracking down on protests at two garment factories inside this industrial area in western Bangladesh. But they were also protecting…
Exports and profits continue to rise but workers left behind Three decades ago, Bangladesh created a network of export zones to attract foreign investment with tax incentives and other benefits.…
Bangladesh appeared on the world map as an independent country in 1971, some 40 years ago, after a 9 month long civil war (liberation struggle) in which nearly one million…
Tens of thousands of garment workers have headed back to their factories in the Adamze Export Processing Zone, where machines are abuzz and the remnants of burned tires and vandalized…
More than 25000 textile workers defied a ban on protests in emergency-ruled Bangladesh to demand back pay and bonuses in one of the country’s biggest industrial zones. The workers walked…
Troops were deployed throughout Bangladesh on Sunday 11th December to maintain law and order, says presidential order. Military now patrolling the main streets and squares and guarding the important buildings…
When Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by out going Prime Minister Khalida Zia formed an alliance and coalition government with fundamentalist Jamat-e-Islami(Party of Islam) in 2001, very few people raised…
Riots continued as political crises deepens At least 28 were killed including 3 politician linked to the outgoing administration of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia- and hundreds injured in 4 days…
5 killed, 50 injured in the fatal shooting by the security forces Thousands of protestors in northern Bangladesh went on a rampage Monday morning torching buildings linked to a…
Thousands of protesting workers set fire to six garment factories in Bangladesh after a colleague was killed and scores injured in the clashes with police. The violence erupted on Monday…
The recent 36 hours strike that ended yesterday, 7th Feb., once again exposed the chaos that exists in the political system of Bangladesh. This was the 12th strike call given…