strike
Healthcare workers’ demo disrupts vaccination, medical services
Health services and vaccination programmes are facing disruption as several sections of medical professionals continue their demonstrations to press home their separate demands.
2 December 2025
Drive against old vehicles: Transport leaders threaten strike from August 12
Transport owners and workers yesterday threatened to enforce a 72-hour nationwide strike from August 12 to press home their eight-point demand, including halting the ongoing crackdown on outdated vehicles and extending the economic lifespan of such vehicles by five to 10 years.
27 July 2025
Now, Palli Bidyut Samity workers threaten strike
Palli Bidyut Samity leaders to meet with REB, Power Division chiefs
26 August 2024
HarperCollins union begins strike, citing wages, diversity
In recent years, entry- and mid-level employees throughout publishing have been increasingly vocal on social media about their unhappiness with wages, workloads and diversity.
14 November 2022
Import-export thru’ Benapole port suspended for 5 days
The export-import operations through Benapole Land Port in Jessore remain suspended for five days due to an indefinite strike in the Indian side.
29 January 2018
Food transporters begin indefinite strike in Rajshahi, Rangpur
Rajshahi Divisional Food Transport (Road) Conductors’ Association announces an indefinite strike from Sunday demanding increase of their transportation cost.
30 September 2017
Football: Argentine games suspended as players strike
Footballers in Argentina pushed ahead with a strike on Friday over unpaid wages, forcing the year's first league games to be suspended despite a $22 million government payout, officials said.
4 March 2017
Football: Strike possible as US women fight for equality
Members of the reigning Women's World Cup champion United States national team vow to push their case for equal pay to the US men's team as far as it takes.
21 November 2016
Anticipation high for England
The Tigers are going through gruelling training sessions and eager to return to Test cricket.
16 August 2016
Barisal medical interns call off strike
Interns at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital call off their indefinite strike following an assurance of fulfillment of their demand from the hospital authorities.
19 May 2016
RU teachers postpone strike till May 28
Teachers at Rajshahi University have postponed till May 28 the ongoing strike they enforced soon after the murder of Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee. The decision came following the assurance from three ministers and IGP of taking steps to arrest the culprits.
17 May 2016
Superstore owners keep shutter down protesting ‘harassment’
Owners of nearly 100 superstores keep their shutter down in Dhaka and other parts of the country since this morning, protesting “harassment through implementation of discriminatory policy and misuse of law”.
15 May 2016
Transport workers’ strike in Ctg Monday
Bangladesh Road Transport Worker’s Federation announced to enforce a 24-hr strike for Monday in greater Chittagong to meet their six-point demand.
6 May 2016
RMCH interns strike protesting ‘attack’ over dead patient
Intern doctors of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) observe a three-hour strike protesting alleged attack on them by the police and others.
15 April 2016
Khulna jute mills workers block road, rail routes
State-run jute mills’ workers of Khulna have blockaded the road and railway in the district to press for their five-point demand. The blockade is running parallel to a strike they are observing since April 4.
11 April 2016
Rangpur medical interns postpone strike
Interns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital postpones their indefinite strike after a meeting with the hospital authorities.
10 April 2016
City people suffer badly
City dwellers had to endure transport crisis yesterday, especially during the morning rush hour, as a section of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers went on a 24-hour strike.
13 March 2016
Dhaka commuters suffer as 3-wheeler drivers begin strike
A section of CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers begin their 24-hour strike this morning, causing city dwellers to suffer due to the lack of three-wheeler vehicles in different parts of Dhaka city during the morning rush hour.
13 March 2016
Dhaka CNG drivers to go 24hr strike tomorrow
CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers will enforce a 24-hour strike in Dhaka city from tomorrow morning to press home their demands.
12 March 2016
Teachers extend ‘no agitation’ till Feb 23
Public university teachers have extended their “no agitation” plan over their issue of eradicating discrepancies in new pay scale until February 23.
4 February 2016