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Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal
The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Sramik Dal () is a national trade union federation in Bangladesh, which is affiliated with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It is also affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. Anwar Hossain is the incumbent president of Sramik Dal. History Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal was founded in 1979 as an affiliate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party with Nazrul Islam Khan as its general secretary. It organized a memorial event for Ziaur Rahman, founder president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, at the WAPDA auditorium in January 2003. On 14 June 2003, a Chittagong unit activist of Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal was shot dead in Chittagong; two people were sentenced to death and one, a former FIFA referee, to life sentence. Akbar Hossain, Minister of Shipping, spoke at a rally organized by Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal in Chittagong Port and chaired by the president of the port unit, Shamsul Alam on 31 August 2003. Nazrul Islam Khan became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; ; ; ) is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). The Founding Congress of the ITUC was held in Vienna and was preceded by the dissolution congresses of both the ICFTU and the WCL. The ITUC has three main regional organizations: the ITUC-Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific Regional Organization, the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas, and the ITUC-Africa, African Regional Organisation. The Trade Union Development Cooperation Network (TUDCN) is an initiative of the ITUC whose main objective is to bring the trade union perspective into international development policy debates and improve the coordination and effectiveness of trade union development cooperation activities. The ITUC represents 207 million workers through its 331 affiliated organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purbo Banglar Communist Party
The Purbo Banglar Communist Party (, abbreviated: PBCP) is an outlawed communist party and militant far-left organization in Bangladesh. The PBCP formed in 1968 following a split in the Bangladesh Communist Party. It is mainly active in the areas of Khulna and Jessore in the south west of Bangladesh near the border of the Indian state of West Bengal where CPI-Maoist Naxalite insurgents have been active in an ongoing civil war against the Indian state. The PBCP suffers from violent rivalry both internally and externally with different party factions and rival splinter groups. The PBCP was criticized by Siraj Sikder, the founder of the Purbo Bangla Sarbohara Party, as being neo-revisionist and a party that is "left in form but right in essence". History During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, it was led by Abdul Matin-Alauddin Ahmed and failed to make a significant impact on the war. Tipu Biswas was also a major leader of the party. After the independence of Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Trade Union Centres Of Bangladesh
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New Age (Bangladesh)
''New Age'' is a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper published from Dhaka."7 raped everyday in September," October 2, 2019, '','' Retrieved March 30, 2020"Police attempt to raid New Age office," December 28, 2014, '' |
Sadeque Hossain Khoka
Sadeque Hossain Khoka (12 May 1952 – 4 November 2019) was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as the 2nd mayor of Dhaka City Corporation during 2002 to 2011. He was the vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and was President of undivided Dhaka city BNP for longest period of the organisation's existence. Early life and career Khoka attended Dhaka University and completed M.A. in psychology. In 1971 at the age of 19 he fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War. After independence, he worked in organizing soccer, rising to the positions of General Secretary of the Dhaka Metropolitan Football Association and Joint General Secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation. Khoka was the key person of the football club Brothers Union. Khoka was first elected to the Jatiyo Sangshad (national legislature) in 1991. In the same year he was made State Minister of Youth and Sports. Khoka also won from his constituency in elections in 1996 and 2001. After Bangladesh Nationalist Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Institute Of Labour Studies
The Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) is a think tank for trade union activity and other labour matters in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1995 to support the building of trade unions and their activities and to promote trade union causes within government and society. Today, 12 Bangladeshi trade union federations are affiliated with BILS. Unlike many other labour organisations in Bangladesh, the institute is not affiliated with any political party. The institute publishes a biannual journal, Labour (Bangladeshi journal), Labour. Organisation The main office of BILS is in Dhaka. The institute also has a "Labour Resources & Support Centre" in Chittagong and another office in Manikganj. BILS frequently cooperates with the German social democratic Friedrich Ebert Foundation and The Daily Star (Bangladesh), ''The Daily Star''. The work of BILS has been described by academics as having "provided significant boosts to the efforts of resource-starved Bangladesh unions." H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilias Ali (Bangladeshi Politician)
M Ilias Ali (1 January 1961 – disappeared 17 April 2012) was a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Jatiya Sangsad (2001–2006) representing the Sylhet-2 constituency. He served as the organising secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He, along with his personal car driver, Ansar Ali, went missing on 18 April 2012. Later that day, local police recovered his abandoned car near his residence in Banani neighborhood and found Ansar's cellphone inside. They have not been seen since. On the tenth anniversary of his disappearance, Netra News, an independent news platform in Sweden, reported on 21 April 2022, that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite Bangladeshi police unit, had carried out the disappearance. The platform cited leaked confidential documents and internal investigations documents from RAB to reach the conclusion. Early life and education Ali was born in Ramdhana, Bishwanath in Sylhet district on 1 January 1961. He was a student of the University of Dh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enforced Disappearances In Bangladesh
Extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh refer to Crossfire (Bangladesh), extrajudicial executions carried out by law enforcement agencies without due legal process and to Enforced disappearance, abduction cases in which the Government of Bangladesh, government directly or indirectly kidnaps people and holds them incommunicado. From 2009 to 2023, at least 2,699 people were victims of extrajudicial killings in the 200-million Bangladesh. During the period, 677 people were forcibly disappeared, and 1,048 people died in custody. From 2004 to 2006, at least 991 people were killed extrajudicially by "death squad" the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The practice of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances primarily involves law enforcement agencies such as the RAB and the Detective Branch (DB) of the police. These practices began during the administration of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and continued through subsequent regimes, including those of General Ershad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaleda Zia
Begum Khaleda Zia (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of former president of Bangladesh, president of Bangladesh and army commander, Ziaur Rahman. She has been the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984, which was founded by her husband, Zia, in 1978. Khaleda came to national attention as the First Lady of Bangladesh after her husband, Rahman, became the president in 1977. After Assassination of Ziaur Rahman, Rahman's assassination in 1981, Khaleda joined politics and came to lead BNP. After 1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, a military coup in 1982, she helped lead the movement for democracy. She became the prime minister following the victory of BNP in 1991 Bangladeshi general elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka Medical College And Hospital
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) is a public university, public medical school, medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1946, the college houses a medical school as well as a Tertiary referral hospital, tertiary care hospital on its campus. History Site during pre-college years The college's original building was built prior to the Partition of Bengal (1905), Partition of Bengal of 1905. In 1904, the building was being used as the secretariat (headquarters) of the newly formed provinces of East Bengal and Assam. In 1921, it was turned over to the University of Dhaka, which was founded that year. Part of the building was used as the university's medical center, another as the students' dormitory, and the rest as the office of the administrative wing of the Arts faculty. In 1939, the Dhaka University Council requested the British government to establish a separate medical college in Dhaka. The proposal was postponed because of the ons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian Trades Union Congress
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC; ), is a national trade union centre in Malaysia. It was formed in 1949 and was originally known as the ''Malayan Trades Union Council''. It then changed its name to the ''Malayan Trades Union Congress'' in 1958, and then to its current name with the formation of Malaysia. It operates as a federation of hundreds of affiliated trade unions, officially registered under the Societies Act, 1955. MTUC is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. History The inception of the MTUC occurred during a tumultuous period marked by the declaration of the First Emergency against insurgent communist activities. A previous umbrella union body called the Pan Malayan Federation of Trade Unions had even been outlawed by the British colonial authorities and workers’ leaders such as SA Ganapathy and P Veerasenan were executed for alleged terrorist activity in May 1949. Soon after, labour leader PP Narayanan emerged as a founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Ramesh Chandra
Roy or Roi is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origins. France In France, this family name originated from the Normans, the descendants of Norse Vikings who migrated to Amigny, a commune in Manche, Normandy.. The derivation is from the Old French ''roy'', ''roi'' (), meaning "king", which was a Epithet">byname used before the Norman Conquest and a personal name in the Middle Ages. Earliest references cite ''Guillaume de Roy'' (William of Roy), who was a knight of the Knights Templar and one of several knights and feudal lords (seigneur) of the Roy family in France and Switzerland. In Canada and in the United States, the descendants of the families of Roy, Le Roy that immigrated to North America have been granted a coat of arms by the Governor General of Canada. England After the Norman Conquest, the victorious Normans and their allies settled England and eventually formed the ruling class of nobles called Anglo-Normans. Roy, or Roi was a family na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
