Moulvibazar Correspondent : Around 1,866 tea workers of Patrokhola Tea Garden in Kamalganj of Moulvibazar observed a strike yesterday, demanding Durga Puja bonus and arrears. They announced to continue their strike on Tuesday if their demands are not met. “We have been hearing only assurances. But the owners are not paying us. They keep saying that the garden is incurring ...

Khurshed Alam, Head of Retail Business of LankaBangla Finance PLC., and Mozammel Haque Bhuiya, Head of Marketing and Sales of Astra Airways Ltd., signed the MOU for their respective organizations. Md Toufiquer Rahman, Head of Cards (acting); Mohammad Abdul Jalil Khan, Senior Manager Card Business of LankaBangla Finance PLC.; A F M Rubayat-Ul Jannat and Md. Masudur Rahman of Astra ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday morning paid rich tributes to her younger brother Sheikh Russel and August 15 martyrs at the Banani graveyard on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day. The premier along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana went to the Banani graveyard and paid homage by placing wreath at 7:10am. Then they stood in solemn silence for ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has canceled a planned meeting with US President Joe Biden, a senior official said. This came after an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital killed hundreds on Tuesday. The meeting was scheduled to take place in Jordan. The senior Palestinian official said Abbas was returning to Ramallah, the seat of his government in the occupied West ...

New Zealand and India are the only teams who remain unbeaten after playing three matches in the World Cup and the former have a chance at taking the top spot at least temporarily when they face Afghanistan on Wednesday. The match will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. New Zealand will be wary of the threat that ...

An Israeli air strike on Tuesday killed at least 500 Palestinians at a Gaza City hospital crammed with patients and displaced people. The strike was the bloodiest single incident since Israel launched an unrelenting bombing campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza on October 7. Sources at the Gaza Ministry of Health told Reuters that around 500 Palestinians were killed in ...

Sheikh Russell Day will be observed in the country today in a befitting manner coinciding with the 60th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s youngest son Shaheed Sheikh Russell. President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Shaheed Sheikh Russell on his 60th birthday. On the eve of the day, ...

South Africa keep holding their choker-character as they once again failed to beat underdog Netherlands in World Cup contest. The Proteas suffered a 38-run defeat to the Duthes to fall into an upset in the 15th game of the tournament at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on Tuesday. They also lost to the same team by 13 runs ...

The High Court has rejected a plea of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir seeking to scrap charge framing in a vandalism case lodged in 2012. The High Court bench of Justice Md Selim and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan passed the order on Tuesday (October 17). Advocate Zainul Abedin moved on behalf of Mirza Fakhrul in the court ...

Winners of the annual Black British Business Awards (BBBA) were announced at a glitzy central London ceremony. The awards, held at the InterContinental London Park Lane, saw winners including a Netflix marketing executive, an Extreme E-racing engineer and a leading fashion creative for ASOS. The BBBA’s celebrate black excellence in expansive industries including business, arts, media, STEM and finance, with ...