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TNZ Group: Workers suspend agitation after assurance from secretary

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TNZ Group: Workers suspend agitation after assurance from secretary TNZ Group workers did not receive their arrears of salary and allowances till Saturday. After a meeting with the factory workers and owners, Labor Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman announced that he would pay Tk 3 crore for the time being. The workers initially rejected it but later accepted and suspended the agitation till April 7. Meanwhile, the Industrial Police and the Garment Factory Owners Association said that except for a few factories, the workers of the remaining factories have received half of…

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50000 more tons of rice coming from India, proposal approved

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50000 more tons of rice coming from India, proposal approved Another 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice is being imported from India. This will cost 21.238 million US dollars, or 259.11 million taka in Bangladeshi currency. India’s Bagadia Brothers Private Limited will supply this rice. The price of rice per ton has been fixed at 424.77 US dollars. The Government Procurement Advisory Council Committee approved the proposal in this regard to increase the country’s food stocks on Thursday. Financial Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed presided over the meeting held at the Secretariat.…

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Torchlight procession to protest police attack on workers

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Torchlight procession to protest police attack on workers Leftist student organizations have held a torchlight procession to protest the police attack on workers and demand immediate payment of workers’ due allowances and Eid bonuses. The procession started in front of the Raju Sculpture of Dhaka University on Tuesday evening and ended in front of the Labor Building. After that, they held a short rally there. During the procession, they raised slogans like ‘Why attack the movement, the administration wants an answer’, ‘Fight, fight, fight, I want to live by fighting’;…

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NCP demands payment of salaries and bonuses to workers before Eid

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NCP demands payment of salaries and bonuses to workers before Eid The National Citizens Party (NCP) has demanded that the outstanding salaries and full bonuses of workers in all sectors, including garment workers, be paid before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. In addition, this new youth party has also condemned the police attack on the workers’ movement. The NCP said these things in a press release sent to the media on Tuesday night. The press release was sent on behalf of the party by NCP Joint Member Secretary (Office) Saleh Uddin Sifat.…

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If the bank closes depositors will get a maximum 2 lakh taka

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Deposit Insurance Cap Doubled: Bangladesh Bank Proposes Two Lakh Taka Refund in New Ordinance Dhaka, March 23, 2025 – In a significant move aimed at bolstering depositor confidence, Bangladesh Bank has unveiled the draft of the ‘Deposit Protection Ordinance, 2025’, proposing to double the maximum refund amount to two lakh taka in the event of a bank or financial institution closure. The draft ordinance, now published on the website of the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance, marks a substantial increase from the current limit of one lakh…

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29,000 tons of rice arrived from Vietnam

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29000 tons of rice arrived from A ship carrying 29,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam arrived at the Chittagong port on Saturday. The ship, MV OBE Dinares, anchored at the Chittagong port with rice under the Government-to-Government (G2G) agreement signed on February 3, the food ministry said in a press release. The statement also said that the sample testing of the rice on board the ship has already been completed and the work of unloading the rice will begin soon. It is worth noting that an agreement was signed to…

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Mobile market: Meat, milk, eggs at affordable prices during Ramadan

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Mobile market: Meat milk The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, the Department of Livestock and related parties have taken extensive initiatives to maintain normal supply of daily necessities such as meat, milk, and eggs during the holy month of Ramadan and to keep prices stable. From the 1st to the 28th of Ramadan, mobile markets are selling broiler chicken, eggs, pasteurized milk, beef and mutton at affordable prices across the country, including Dhaka. As of March 19, 2025, 69,430 buyers have benefited from this program nationwide. Of these, 396,586 are…

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Alif Group announces closure of 3 factories in Gazipur, workers protest

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The owners have announced the indefinite closure of three factories of the Alif Group in the Konabari Zarun area of ​​Gazipur city. This Thursday morning, workers came to the factory gate and saw a notice in this regard. After that, they started protesting by taking a position in front of the main gate. The closed factories are Swadhin Garments Limited, Swadhin Dyeing Limited and Swadhin Printing Limited. Industrial police and workers said that the workers of Swadhin Garments have been demanding Eid bonus, holiday pay and half the current month’s…

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Workers protest and blockade for one and a half hours in Gazipur demanding extension of Eid holidays

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Workers protest and blockade Garment workers protested in Gazipur and blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway demanding an extension of the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday by two days. Later, the police went to control the situation and traffic flow returned to normal after about an hour and a half. This Thursday morning, workers of the Utah factory blocked the highway. It was learned from talking to the police, workers and eyewitnesses that this time a 10-day holiday was announced for the garment factory on Eid-ul-Fitr. But the workers of the Utah factory in the…

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Fishing banned in Bay of Bengal from April 15

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The government has announced Fishing banned in Bay . a 58-day fishing ban in the Bay of Bengal from April 15 to ensure the proper reproduction, production, conservation and sustainable fishing of marine fish resources. This information was given in a gazette notification of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock today. The notification said, “According to the Marine Fisheries Act 2023, a ban on all types of fishing has been imposed for 58 days from April 15 to June 11, like every year, to ensure the proper reproduction, production, conservation…

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