work abstention

Members of the Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) are deployed in front of the Secretariat in the capital as Secretariat officials call for continued protests on Tuesday, 27 May 2025 over a government ordinance amending the Public Service Act, 2018. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Bangladesh

Secretariat employees to observe 2-hour work abstention tomorrow

Earlier around 11:15am, employees began their demonstration from the ground floor of the finance ministry

File Photo: Officials protest inside the Secretariat on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, over a government ordinance amending the Public Service Act, 2018. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Secretariat staff observe 1-hr work abstention

File photo of Bangladesh Secretariat. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Secretariat staff to start daily 1-hr work abstention from tomorrow

Pry teachers continue work abstention for second day
Education

Pry teachers continue work abstention for second day

EC staff at a press conference at Nirbachan Bbaban on 18 Mar. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

EC staff 'operational halt' programme postponed

Representational image. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Railway temporary workers call off work abstention

Bangladesh Security Exchange Commission at Agargaon. File Photo
Bangladesh

BSEC officials return to work, ending the work abstention

Logo of DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh (DBA). Photo: Collected
Stocks

Brokers, merchant bankers call for swift resolution of BSEC unrest

File photo of Bangladesh Secretariat. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Officers from 25 cadres observe work abstention

File photo of Bangladesh Secretariat. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Officials of 25 cadres announce work abstention tomorrow protesting suspension of 12

The work boycott, which began at 9am yesterday (15 January), will continue until 4pm today (16 January). Photos: TBS
Bangladesh

RU staff observe second day of full-day work abstention over ward quota

Vessels remain docked at the Banglabazar Ghat area of the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram on Friday, 27 December 2024, afternoon as the Bangladesh Water Transport Workers' Federation's indefinite strike brings the region's waterways to a standstill. The strike, observed nationwide, demands justice for the seven murders on a ship near Harina Ferry Ghat In Chandpur, among other Issues. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Economy

Two-day strike brings water transportation to a standstill

Lighter vessel named MV Al-Bakhera. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

7-murder on cargo vessel: Water transport workers announce indefinite strike