Bangladesh's Left Democratic Alliance led a protest on Sunday against the government's raising of the price of natural gas, which took effect last week. Almost all the oppositions, including the country's largest opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, supported the protest.

Bangladesh protests against gas price rise

Global clothing brands including H&M, Primark and Tesco won a Bangladesh Supreme Court case Sunday, allowing international factory safety monitors to operate in the country which has had a string of industrial disasters.

Bangladesh factory safety monitors get court extension

The Bangladesh government announced its decision to revise wages for readymade garment workers on Sunday to end the week-long unrest in the country. State Labour and Employment Minister Munnujan Sufian announced the government’s decision to hike wages1,2,3,4,5, 6 and 7 grades.

Bangladesh hikes garment workers' wages to end week-long unrest

Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers churning out clothes for top global brands walked off the job Sunday and clashed with police as protests over low wages entered a second week.

Bangladesh garment workers clash with police as strikes roll on