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An apparent arson fire on a train in Bangladesh’s capital killed four people late Friday and added to the country’s extreme tension ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections that the ...
DHAKA (Reuters) -Protesters in Bangladesh set a train ablaze on Tuesday, killing four people, among them a mother and child, amid a countrywide strike called by the opposition to press its demand ...
Bangladesh’s main opposition party on Saturday started a 48-hour general strike on the eve on a general election, calling on people to boycott the vote because it says the government of ...
Saidur Rahman, acting president of the Bangladesh Railway Running Staff and Workers Union, said the strike was called after a meeting with the interim government headed by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus failed to reach a deal late Monday. Rahman said the strike would continue indefinitely if the government does not accept their demands.
A man who was injured while attempting to retrieve his son, a student protester, succumbed to his injuries on September 4 at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. [1]Over 100 Ansar members whom were at the secretariat during clashes were taken to Shahbagh Police Station [19] and a total of 388 Ansar members were arrested and sent to jail on charges of unlawful assembly. [5]
A COSATU organised protest in Cape Town calling for an end to state capture and for the prosecution of those involved in the administration of President Jacob Zuma. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main ...
The strike began on October 23, 2023, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, causing over 600 factories to shut down. [3] On November 4, striking garment workers clashed with the police at Ashulia, west of Dhaka. Where around 10,000 workers were picketing and attempted to prevent other workers from returning to their shifts, reportedly hurling stones and bricks ...
1193rd hartal in the history of Bangladesh 2013-04-02: 1 (all day) [5] Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir: opposed to sending Delwar Hossain Sayeedi on police remand for questioning. 2013-04-09: 1 (all day) [6] BNP: protesting against courts sending its top 17 leaders to jail. 2013-04-10: 1 (all day) [6] BNP: protesting against courts sending its ...