Pacific Jeans Group has indefinitely closed seven factories in Chattogram following violent worker clashes, leaving 35,000 employees unemployed in one of Bangladesh’s largest garment shutdowns.
The UN has decided to withdraw 1,313 Bangladeshi peacekeepers from five missions, including South Sudan, Congo, and the Central African Republic, citing budget cuts.
A massive fire broke out at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s cargo village, halting all flights as firefighters, military, and BGB battled the blaze.
NCP leader Nahid Islam says the July Charter ignores the spirit of Bangladesh’s mass uprising and risks becoming “an act of deception” without legal validation.