Border Guard Bangladesh and local residents stopped three alleged attempts by India’s Border Security Force to push 22 people across the border early Saturday, according to local media reports.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh tea workers demand Tk 500 daily wage
Tea workers at Kaliti Tea Garden in Bangladesh’s Moulvibazar district stopped work for an hour and staged a protest demanding a daily wage of Tk 500.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh party chief urges arrest of former president Mohammed Shahabuddin
National Citizens Party convener Nahid Islam urged authorities Friday to prevent former president Mohammed Shahabuddin from leaving Bangladesh and called for his immediate arrest.
Education
Protesters secured a minister’s resignation. They are pressing India’s government for more concessions.
Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh held a third round of talks Saturday with a Cockroach Janata Party delegation after education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned over examination irregularities.
Opinion
Bangladesh’s prime minister must act before another man disappears into state silence
More than three months have passed since 30-year-old fisherman Miraj Sheikh was reportedly taken away by Bangladesh Coast Guard officers. His family still does not know whether he is alive, where he is being held or what, if anything, he is accused of doing.
