Bidi factory workers in different districts blocked roads and railways yesterday demanding withdrawal of the government's proposed additional extra taxes on handmade tobacco products. The road and ...

The workers blocked the road near the factory demanding withdrawal of the tax slapped on bidis in the 2013-14 budget. Witnesses said a stretch of road in Jhikargacha Upazila’s Navaran Puratan Bazar ...

Sumi Akhter, 10, read up to Class II, but she could not continue going to school as her parents put her to work in a bidi factory at Kalmati village in Sadar upazila of the district. Like Sumi, her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young Indian labourer packs bidis into colourful conical packets and boxes, at the New Sarkar Bidi Factory in Kannauj, some 200 km ...

Kustia, July 15 (bdnews24.com) —Two Bidi factory workers were killed and three others were bullet-hit on Sunday as members of Bangladesh Ansar opened fire on a demonstration demanding pay hike at the ...

It was just around 9am and work was going on in full swing at the factory of a popular bidi-brand near the Dak Bangla crossing at Dhuliyan in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district. Sitting in the shade ...