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The hunger strike, organised by Chattogram Bandar Rokkha Sangram Parishad and Chattogram Port Protection Community, began at 11am in front of the port's One Stop Service Building and is scheduled to continue until 4pm today (12 October). Photo: Collected

Ctg port workers stage 'mass hunger strike', demand cancellation of DP World deal

Protesters demand job security, transparency over DP World's proposed operations, and consultations with stakeholders.

Workers and members of the Bondar Rokkha Sangram Parishad take part in a torch procession in Chattogram on 7 October 2026, protesting the proposed handover of the New Mooring Container Terminal and its overflow yard at Chattogram Port to a foreign operator. Photo: TBS

Workers stage torch procession against leasing out Ctg Port's NCT to foreign operator

Leaders of Chattogram Port Sramik Dal and Bandar Rokkha Sangram Parishad speak at a protest rally in Chattogram Port Colony on Saturday. Photo: TBS

'We will sacrifice lives, not New Mooring Terminal': Ctg Port workers vow to resist foreign operator

Informal-sector workers should be brought under Employment Injury Scheme

Informal-sector workers should be brought under Employment Injury Scheme

Leaders of the Chattogram Bandar Rokkha Sangram Parishad address a press conference at a local hotel on today (19 September 2026), announcing fresh protest programmes against the proposed deal to hand over Chattogram Port's New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to DP World. Photo: TBS

Ctg Port workers announce fresh protests against proposed DP World deal for New Mooring terminal

Bangladesh, Oman discuss opening labour market to Bangladeshi workers

Bangladesh, Oman discuss opening labour market to Bangladeshi workers

State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam spoke to reporters at the Secretariat in the Capital. Photo: Collected

10,000 Bangladeshi workers can go to Italy legally yearly: Shahe Alam

Garment workers of ‘Ityadi Garments’ block the Hamjarbag-Muradpur-Oxygen road in Chattogram on today (19 August), demanding unpaid wages and dues amid reports of the factory being sold. Photo: TBS

Ctg garment workers block road over factory sale, unpaid dues

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Scams, smuggling, battlefields: How flawed vetting sent our workers into harm's way

Healthcare Card Distribution programme by Dhaka South, 16 June 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Dhaka South distributes healthcare cards to 1,000 sanitation workers

A general view shows SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, 12 May, 2026, during a media event for the upcoming FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. Photo: UNB/AP

Stadium workers near Los Angeles authorise strike ahead of US's World Cup opening match

Workers began a blockade on Tejgaon Link Road disrupting traffic in the area for a short period around 11am on 4 June 2026. Photo: Screengrab

Workers withdraw Tejgaon road blockade after 7 hours over unpaid wages, allowances

The struggle of Bangladeshi tea workers to raise their minimum wage has been dragging in for years. Photo: Collected

Tea Workers Day: How tea workers' lives are spent listening to promises