Salaries of 6,500 workers, including the staff of the TNZ factory that was recently protested in Gazipur, have been paid. On Thursday (November 14) evening, money started being sent to the mobile banking accounts of the factory workers. Later, the factory authorities announced that the factory would open as usual from tomorrow, Saturday (November 16).

On Friday (November 15) afternoon, Gazipur Industrial Police-2 Superintendent of Police Sarwar Alam confirmed the matter.

He said that the government had announced that the salaries would be paid next Sunday in a meeting of the Ministry of Labor and Employment last Monday night. But before that time, the salaries of the workers were paid through mobile banking on Thursday (November 14) evening. The factory will reopen peacefully from tomorrow.

Incidentally, last Saturday (November 9) the workers of the TNZ Apparels Limited factory started a movement in the Malek Bari area of Gazipur metropolis demanding three months' arrears of salary. At one stage, they blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway around 11 am that day. The workers withdrew their 60-hour-long strike around 2 pm on Monday after the Labor Ministry assured them of salary payments.

The BGB has detained 7 people including 2 Indian nationals after conducting a search operation on a speedboat carrying passengers from Chhotaharina to Rangamati at the Barkal Launch Ghat checkpost in Rangamati.

On Friday (November 15) afternoon, a search operation was conducted on a speedboat carrying passengers from Chhotaharina to Rangamati at the Launch Ghat checkpost under the Barkal Battalion (45 BGB). At that time, the BGB members detained 2 out of the 6 passengers on the speedboat when their behavior and speech seemed suspicious.

During interrogation, it was learned that the arrested persons are Suresh Chakma (39), son of Anjan Kumar Chakma, of Tripuraghat village under Dimagari police station in Lungle district, India, and Arangkhan Chakma (30), son of the deceased Jwalanta Kumar Chakma. They also said that they do not have any visa or passport. They illegally crossed the border through Thegamukh area and entered Bangladesh.

Later, two bags with them were searched and Bangladeshi cash worth Tk. 269,100 and 01 mobile phone were recovered from the bags. The recovered mobile phone belonged to Indian citizen Suresh Chakma and after reviewing the photos stored in the said mobile, the Election Commission of India ID card with his photo and his own Aadhaar card photo were found from him. In addition, 05 Bangladeshi citizens including the driver of the said speed boat were also arrested as accomplices of the Indian citizens.

The transfer process is under process at Barkal Police Station for taking legal action against the arrested Indian citizens and their accomplices Bangladeshi citizens.

Commenting that roots of fascism is spread all over, Lawl Adviser to the interim government Dr. Asif Nazrul said, the roots of fascists have gone so deep that fighting them is not easy. They have gathered in the last 15 years and meanwhile we have been working against this process for a few weeks.

Asif Nazrul said this at a function of the Asian Federation against Enforced Disappearance (AFAD) on Friday (November 15). The family members of the victims of disappearances were present at the opening ceremony of the two-day eighth congress.

Asif Nazrul said, disappearance is worse than murder. There may be a lack of capacity, but the interim government has no lack of sincerity in enacting a law against disappearances.

The Law Adviser said, disappearance is a worse crime than murder. The government is thinking about the rehabilitation of the family members of the victims of disappearances.

At the function, relatives of the victims of disappearances shared their experience.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami central executive council member and Dhaka City North unit Ameer Mohammad Selim Uddin has warned that the Awami League is conspiring to undermine the victory achieved during the July-August uprising.

Speaking as the chief guest at a workers' rally held on Friday (15 November) at Natunbazar Madani Avenue in the capital’s Bhatara, Selim Uddin called for continued resistance against fascist (Awami League).

He said that the struggles of martyrs like Abu Sayeed and Mughdha are not over and urged people to carry forward the movement to permanently eliminate Awami-Baksal politics and counter mafia-centric conspiracies.

“The perpetrators must be brought to justice,” Selim Uddin demanded, calling for unity across all parties and ideologies to build a fascism-free nation. He further claimed that the student-people mass movement was rooted in the vision of creating such a nation.

Highlighting Jamaat’s commitment to establishing a welfare state, Selim Uddin asserted that everyone would enjoy equal rights under Jamaat’s leadership. “We are working to build a discrimination-free country,” he added.

Bhatara Thana unit of Jamaat Dhaka City North organised the rally. Thana Ameer Advocate Rezaul Karim presided over the event and Thana Secretary Ahammad Salman conducted it.

Special guests included Jamaat central working committee member and Dhaka City North Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdur Rahman Musa, along with Secretary Dr. Muhammad Rezaul Kaconductedrim.

Dr. Rezaul Karim urged all people to play an active role in the fight against fascism.

Other speakers at the rally included Dhaka City North Assistant Secretaries Nazim Uddin Molla and Hedayet Ullah, as well as Kutub Uddin, Fazle Ahammad, Abdus Sabur Farhad, Engineer Abul Bashar, Sirazul Islam, and Ahammad Ozayer.