Global fashion brands exploiting Bangladesh workers: Study
Major international fashion brands, including Zara, H&M and GAP, are exploiting Bangladesh garment industry workers, with some of them involved in unfair practices and paying the suppliers below the cost of production, according to a study published on Wednesday. The study that surveyed 1,000 Bangladeshi factories making garments for global brands and retailers during the…
Wrong, vague and misleading information about electricity meters
16 May 2024 Prothom Alo online as a letter published by a journalist titled ‘How much is the price of a meter, why do you have to pay rent for it year after year’ has come to my attention. Reading the article may create anger towards the power department in the minds of common people….
Opinions of journalist organizations and stakeholders have started to be taken about the law on media workers
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has again started taking the opinions of various journalist organizations and stakeholders on the draft of Media Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act-2021. The ministry started taking opinions in the review meeting held this Sunday afternoon under the chairmanship of State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Arafat, with…
MP Anar’s daughter wanted ‘a piece of meat’
Mumtarin Ferdous Doreen, daughter of Jhenaidah-4 (Kaliganj) Member of Parliament Anarul Azim Anar said, ‘I want a piece of my father’s dead body. A piece of meat that I can touch. I want to perform the funeral for that piece of meat.’ He said these things in the human chain held on Friday (May 24)…
MP Siddiqui called journalists ‘corrupt’
Siddiqur Rahman Patwari said, ‘I can’t find anyone else except Saiful when I give the journalist’s name in the law and order meeting. There is no one who does not commit corruption. I don’t see anyone except Saiful as a real journalist. If you say I am blind then I am blind. One person seems…
20 leaders and activists of Jamaat-Shibir were arrested in the meeting of sabotage plan
Police have arrested 20 Jamaat-Shibir activists from Lalpur in Natore on charges of planning sabotage. They were arrested from Shivnagar area of the upazila around 10 pm on Tuesday (April 30). The arrested persons are the son of late Ershad Ali of Biropara area of Lalpur. Abdul Wahab (65), Gouripur area. Giyas Uddin’s son Ed….