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150 Bangladesh Garment Factories Shut "Indefinitely", 11,000 Workers Charged
Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday shuttered 150 factories "indefinitely", as police issued blanket charges for 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage, officers said.
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Bangladesh Cops, Garment Workers Clash During Protest Over Low Wage
Bangladeshi police clashed on Tuesday with thousands of garment workers demanding fair wages for the clothing they make for major Western brands, a day after similar protests left at least two people dead.
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Trinamool MLA's "Only Bangladeshis Supporters" Remark Sparks Row: Report
A West Bengal MLA has stirred controversy by allegedly asking TMC workers to ensure that only those Bangladeshi immigrants who support the ruling party in the state find a place in the voters' list.
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BJP Worker Arrested As Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrant. Congress Dig On Cue
An alleged Bangladeshi immigrant arrested earlier this month in Mumbai has turned out to be a local BJP leader.
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Bangladesh Traders Block Indian Imports At Bengal Border
No exports to Bangladesh via the Petrapole border took place on Thursday due to an ongoing agitation by Bangladeshi traders and their workers, demanding that India allow imports from the neighbouring country.
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MNS Leaders Suspect Pune Man's Nationality, Allegedly Harass Him
A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) launched a "drive" against suspected illegal Bangladeshis in Pune, a person from a minority community on Sunday filed a complaint with the police alleging that some workers of the party barged into his house and harassed him.
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Indian Couple In Singapore Forced Bangladeshi Club Workers Into Prostition, Jailed: Reports
A married Indian couple, who ran two Hindi entertainment clubs in Singapore, was on Tuesday fined and sentenced to over six years in prison for exploiting three Bangladeshi women, coaxing one of them into prostituting, in the first conviction for labour trafficking in the country.
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#Poha Trends. BJP Leader Suspected Workers Eating It Were 'Bangladeshi'
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya is being mocked on Twitter for saying that he suspected that some of the construction labourers working at his house were Bangladeshis by noticing their "strange eating habits".
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"Strange Eating Habits" Revealed Workers Were Bangladeshi: BJP Leader
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Thursday that he suspected that there were some Bangladeshis among construction labourers who worked at his house recently.
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Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Issued Arrest Warrant
Bangladeshi economist and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been issued with an arrest warrant after failing to appear at a hearing over the sacking of workers at a company he heads, officials said Thursday.
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Bangladeshi Worker's Photo Goes Viral, Twitter Reminded Of 'Afghan Girl'
A close-up photo of a Bangladeshi construction worker in Malaysia has captivated social media users worldwide, the media reported on Tuesday.
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Indonesia Finds 193 Bangladeshis Locked Up In A Shop
Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said
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UN Employee Charged With Visa Fraud, Underpaying Bangladeshi Worker
US prosecutors have accused a United Nations employee in New York of committing visa fraud by bringing into the country a domestic worker from Bangladesh and then failing to pay her a lawful wage.
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It's Raining New Notes For Rescued Sex Worker From Pune Stuck With Old Ones
Here's something to boost your faith in humanity. Remember mid-day's front-page report on a sex worker rescued from Pune, who had written a letter to the PM, requesting help in converting her Rs 10,000 in old currency notes to the new ones? Many do, as financial help has been pouring in for the Bangladeshi national.
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4 Bangladeshi Men Convicted Of Terror Financing In Singapore
Four Bangladeshi workers held on suspicion of planning attacks linked to the ISIS in their own country were convicted of financing terrorism by a court in Singapore on Tuesday.
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150 Bangladesh Garment Factories Shut "Indefinitely", 11,000 Workers Charged
Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday shuttered 150 factories "indefinitely", as police issued blanket charges for 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage, officers said.
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Bangladesh Cops, Garment Workers Clash During Protest Over Low Wage
Bangladeshi police clashed on Tuesday with thousands of garment workers demanding fair wages for the clothing they make for major Western brands, a day after similar protests left at least two people dead.
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Trinamool MLA's "Only Bangladeshis Supporters" Remark Sparks Row: Report
A West Bengal MLA has stirred controversy by allegedly asking TMC workers to ensure that only those Bangladeshi immigrants who support the ruling party in the state find a place in the voters' list.
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BJP Worker Arrested As Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrant. Congress Dig On Cue
An alleged Bangladeshi immigrant arrested earlier this month in Mumbai has turned out to be a local BJP leader.
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Bangladesh Traders Block Indian Imports At Bengal Border
No exports to Bangladesh via the Petrapole border took place on Thursday due to an ongoing agitation by Bangladeshi traders and their workers, demanding that India allow imports from the neighbouring country.
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MNS Leaders Suspect Pune Man's Nationality, Allegedly Harass Him
A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) launched a "drive" against suspected illegal Bangladeshis in Pune, a person from a minority community on Sunday filed a complaint with the police alleging that some workers of the party barged into his house and harassed him.
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Indian Couple In Singapore Forced Bangladeshi Club Workers Into Prostition, Jailed: Reports
A married Indian couple, who ran two Hindi entertainment clubs in Singapore, was on Tuesday fined and sentenced to over six years in prison for exploiting three Bangladeshi women, coaxing one of them into prostituting, in the first conviction for labour trafficking in the country.
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#Poha Trends. BJP Leader Suspected Workers Eating It Were 'Bangladeshi'
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya is being mocked on Twitter for saying that he suspected that some of the construction labourers working at his house were Bangladeshis by noticing their "strange eating habits".
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"Strange Eating Habits" Revealed Workers Were Bangladeshi: BJP Leader
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Thursday that he suspected that there were some Bangladeshis among construction labourers who worked at his house recently.
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Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Issued Arrest Warrant
Bangladeshi economist and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been issued with an arrest warrant after failing to appear at a hearing over the sacking of workers at a company he heads, officials said Thursday.
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Bangladeshi Worker's Photo Goes Viral, Twitter Reminded Of 'Afghan Girl'
A close-up photo of a Bangladeshi construction worker in Malaysia has captivated social media users worldwide, the media reported on Tuesday.
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Indonesia Finds 193 Bangladeshis Locked Up In A Shop
Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said
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UN Employee Charged With Visa Fraud, Underpaying Bangladeshi Worker
US prosecutors have accused a United Nations employee in New York of committing visa fraud by bringing into the country a domestic worker from Bangladesh and then failing to pay her a lawful wage.
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It's Raining New Notes For Rescued Sex Worker From Pune Stuck With Old Ones
Here's something to boost your faith in humanity. Remember mid-day's front-page report on a sex worker rescued from Pune, who had written a letter to the PM, requesting help in converting her Rs 10,000 in old currency notes to the new ones? Many do, as financial help has been pouring in for the Bangladeshi national.
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4 Bangladeshi Men Convicted Of Terror Financing In Singapore
Four Bangladeshi workers held on suspicion of planning attacks linked to the ISIS in their own country were convicted of financing terrorism by a court in Singapore on Tuesday.
