Tag: Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, textile industry workers suffer from ‘starvation wages’
Last November, thousands of garment workers staged a historic strike in Bangladesh. Affected by inflation, they are paid below the poverty line. But their demands for better working conditions were…
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner, sentenced to six months in prison
In Bangladesh, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has just been sentenced to six months in prison for violating certain labor law rules. Accusations denied by this economist, recognized for…
Peace laureate sentenced to prison in Bangladesh
full screen Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus. Archive image. Photo: AM Ahad/AP/TT Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been sentenced to six months in prison by a court in Bangladesh. According…
Bangladesh: clashes between police and workers during the reopening of textile factories
In Bangladesh, new clashes broke out between police and textile industry workers this Saturday morning, during the reopening of garment factories. Nearly 600 factories producing clothing for major global clothing…
Hundreds of textile factories shut down in Bangladesh
According to a Bangladeshi union official, many factories producing for major global clothing groups are at a standstill in the country due to violent demonstrations by thousands of workers demanding…
violent clashes during an opposition demonstration
In Bangladesh, several opposition protests led to violent clashes in the capital Dhaka, which led to the death of a police officer and the injury of 20 protesters. This comes…
Train accident that shook a country! More than 10 dead, more than 100 injured
A freight train and a passenger train collided head-on in Bhairab, Bangladesh, around 16:00 local time. Many search and rescue teams and ambulances were dispatched to the accident area. THE…
In Bangladesh, Macron cantor of the “third way” and Airbus VRP
In “the space of six months”, the French presidency claims to have “done more on South Asia than in the space of a decade”. It is in this context that…
The challenges of Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Bangladesh
After his appearance at the G20 summit in India in New Delhi, Emmanuel Macron is expected in Bangladesh for a short visit this Sunday, September 10. An official dinner is…
Dengue fever nightmare in that country! 398 people lost their lives, thousands of people were hospitalized…
In the statement made by the Bangladesh Health Services General Directorate (DHGS), it was stated that a record was broken in the number of hospitalizations in one day. On the…