Jatiya Press Club
Demand for MPO Facilities: Teachers go on fast unto death
After staging a sit-in for five consecutive days at the Jatiya Press Club, teachers and employees of non-MPO education institutions yesterday started their fast unto death demanding inclusion in the government's Monthly Pay Order (MPO).
Enforced Disappearance: 40 families'painful wait lingers on
At a crowded room of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday, eight-year old Adiba Islam Hridi cried softly while sitting on her mother's lap.
Demand for MPO Facilities: Teachers go on fast unto death
After staging a sit-in for five consecutive days at the Jatiya Press Club, teachers and employees of non-MPO education institutions yesterday started their fast unto death demanding inclusion in the government's Monthly Pay Order (MPO).
‘Ensure labour rights in informal sector’
Leaders of Bangladesh Labour Rights Forum stage a demonstration in Dhaka demanding amendment to the Bangladesh Labour Act ensuring labour rights for all workers in the informal sector.
9th wage board: Journos stage demo in Dhaka
Journalists stage a demonstration blocking a road in front of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka today demanding formation of the ninth wage board.
JnU students to boycott classes, exams tomorrow
Agitating students of Jagannath University have called for boycotting all academic activities including examination at their university tomorrow to press home their demands for residential halls on the land of Dhaka’s old central jail.
Man shot, Tk 20 lakh mugged in Dhaka
Unidentified muggers shoot an employee of a textile mill and snatch away Tk 20 lakh from him in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka’s Topkhana road.
Journalist Shawkat Mahmud freed on bail
Journalist Shawkat Mahmud is released on bail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur.
Namaj-e-janaza of Fahim Munaim held at Jatiya Press Club
The first namaj-e-janaza of Syed Fahim Munaim, chief executive officer and chief editor at Maasranga Television, has been held on the premises of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.
Families want their ‘missing’ dear ones back
Families of victims of enforced disappearances, who were mostly opposition BNP activists, today urged the prime minister to get back their dear ones at a demonstration staged in Dhaka.
Changes only after talks with journalists
Bangladesh Press Council Chairman Justice Md Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed yesterday categorically said no changes would be brought to the Press Council Act if journalists opposed.