Narayanganj, Bangladesh News

Clockwise from left , workers of Opex & Sinha Textile Group block the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Narayanganj yesterday to protest an attack on a trade union leader.

Five million poorest slum dwellers in the capital pay ten times more than the official price of Dhaka Wasa water, said its former managing director at a discussion yesterday.

Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route underwent a major crisis as five of its ferries have been out of order for the last two days creating a huge tailback of vehicles at the Daulatdia ferry terminal.

Chronic failure of mid-level management and influence of local politics are mainly responsible for frequent labour unrest at the city's outskirt Ashulia industrial belt, insiders say.

The Bangladesh government has decided to set up a "textile village" on 33 acres land of a state owned cotton mill, which has been closed for 15 years.

This floating pontoon at Balashi ferry terminal on the Brahmaputra River in Gaibandha district is lying idle on the dried up riverbed as the navigable portion of the river has moved away due to drastic fall in water level during the dry season.

Coastguard seizes one hundred maunds of jatka during a drive in the Dhaleswari River on April 5. Inset, law enforcers burn huge illegal current nets on the bank of the river on March 25.

Stray incidents of violence and detention of pickets marked the first day of a second spell of shutdown in districts across the country yesterday.