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August 28, 2022

Sylhet tea workers join work after 19 days of strike

Tea garden workers in Sylhet began returning to work even on their weekly holiday, Sunday ending 19 days of strike after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped in to increase their daily wages to Tk 170 to 120.The new date was announced on Saturday night…

Wildcat strike cripples Bhomra land port in Satkhira

All kinds of activities including loading and unloading of goods at Bhomra Land port of Satkhira halted on Sunday over workers’ demand to raise their pay. The trouble started on Saturday after the clearing and forwarding agents refused to raise the ch…

Control room opens for monitoring fertilizer situation

The government has opened a control room to monitor the fertilizer situation of the country, according to the Agriculture Ministry.The control room will be kept open from 8am to 11 pm with the coordination of the officials of Agriculture Ministry and t…

A group has long been unhappy with Nagad’s success: Jabbar

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said a vested group has always been disgruntled with the Bangladesh Post Office’s mobile financial services provider (MFS) Nagad’s success.It should be clarified that the Post Office will incur n…

MTV VMAs ready to host, honor some of music’s biggest acts

The MTV Video Music Awards are back Sunday with some of the biggest names in music vying for the network’s fabled Moon Person statue.Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow and Kendrick Lamar are tied for leading nominees with seven apiece. Harlow and Lil Nas X’s colla…

Judge plans to appoint special master in Trump records case

A federal judge in Florida told the Justice Department on Saturday to provide her with more specific information about the classified records removed from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate and said it was her “preliminary intent” to appoin…

Chattogram: Ex-civil surgeon lands in jail in corruption case

The former Civil Surgeon of Chattogram on Sunday was sent to jail by a court in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on account of swindling money Tk 9.15 crore.The former civil surgeon and also caretaker of Chattogram General Hospital is D…

GK Shamim: Court sets Sept 25 for verdict in arms case

A Dhaka court on Sunday set September 25 to pronounce its verdict in a case filed under the Arms Act against eight people, including GK Shamim a disgraced government contractor who gained infamy during the ‘casino raids’ of late 2019.Third Additional M…

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