The number of apparel work orders received by Bangladeshi companies from international retailers and brands for the autumn and winter seasons of 2025 dropped by nearly 10 percent compared to the past due to major shocks from the nationwide student movement and labour unrest in major industrial belts over the past two and half months.

There was no report of any attack or vandalism in any factory, or any road blockade anywhere in the area.

Around 114 garment factories have been shut down due to labour unrest in the Ashulia and Gazipur industrial areas, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Negotiations between the owners and workers are still in progress in a bid to resolve the issues

There were no reports of attacks, vandalism, or road blockades in the area today

The factories had announced yesterday that they would resume operations from today.

A joint operation involving the Bangladesh Army, local police, and Industrial Police has commenced since early today in the garment industrial zones of Dhaka and Gazipur

The Industrial Police and the army reached the scene and managed to persuade the workers to remove the barricades on the Baipail-Abdullahpur road.

A Baul singer has alleged that she was raped by two men in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka.

Law enforcers recover 19 cocktails from an abandoned bag in Ashulia of Savar.

A sixth grader was killed allegedly by some of his seniors in Palashbari area of Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital on Friday night following a feud over seniority.

A local baul singer is allegedly gang-raped in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, after she was invited to a "musical show", police say.

Police recover slit-throat body of an unidentified youth in Tongabari area of Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Unknown miscreants stabbed a garment factory worker to death near his house in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says around 1,000 volunteers will be deployed at 14 spots on different highways ahead of the Eid-ul Fitr to ensure smooth vehicular movement.

Police recover ed the body of a readymade garment worker at his factory in Ashulia of Savar, outskirts of Dhaka.

Hundreds of workers of a garment factory are demonstrating in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, protesting the closure of the factory.

At least four people, including a local BCL leader, are killed and 16 others injured during the sixth and final phase of union parishad elections violence in Noakhali, Mymensingh, Feni and Sunamganj.

Six members of banned militant outfits Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Ansarullah Bangla Team were handed death sentences by a Dhaka court yesterday for the grisly bank heist in Ashulia in April last year that left eight people dead.

Six militants of banned outfits Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Ansarullah Bangla Team have been awarded gallows for the daring bank heist of Ashulia last year that led to death of eight people.