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The RMG workers protesting for a minimum wage of Tk 25,000, but those in power are concocting ways to thwart this mission.

In recent years, Bangladesh has been grappling with a deepening chasm of inequality.

A persistently higher inflation for more than a year has hit the low-income, the poor and the fixed-income people in Bangladesh hard, significantly eroding their purchasing power.  

Since the 1980s, various international corporate groups, with the help of local partners, have formed alliances with the aim of exploiting Bangladesh's abundant natural resources and making quick profits. In this vein, instead of strengthening national capability, policies were formulated to lease out oil and natural gas fields to international companies.

IN fast-growing Dhaka, which is losing what is left of its green spaces and water bodies to urban development, residents are rallying to protect their environment and fight climate change.

Participants in a roundtable in Dhaka on Saturday criticised the role of the US and the EU in Bangladesh's elections, terming it a "double standard". Speaking at the discussion titled 'Bangladesh on way to the elections: assembly, violence and right to vote' organized by the Editors Guild of Bangladesh, Professor Mizanur Rahman Khan, former chairman of National Human Rights

Snehashish Bhattacharya, Srinivas Burra, Irfanullah Farooqi and Ravi Kumar, who had opposed the university’s actions against agitating students, had been accused of misconduct by the university

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

The government is arguing that the Digital Security Act is meant for providing security to people in digital platform. But in reality, it is being used to harass those criticising the government, speakers said at a webinar yesterday.