North South University and EHS+ Center have announced a strategic collaboration with the International Labour Organisation to launch a comprehensive certification course on occupational safety and health, said a press release.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the interim government is committed to implementing important labour reforms to take the country鈥檚 labour laws to ILO standards...
Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, as reports stated the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended.
BEGUM Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, an iconic figure in South Asian feminist thought, stands as a pioneer who championed the cause of women鈥檚 emancipation in colonial Bengal. Her progressive ideals and relentless activism align closely with the principles of liberal feminism, which advocate for equality, individual rights, and access to education...
Bangladesh鈥檚 ambassador to Greece Nahida Rahman Shumona hosted an educational session for students of Filothei Preliminary School of Athens marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3...
Political parties and socio-cultural organisations on Wednesday observed Dr Milon Day in Dhaka as elsewhere in the country by paying tributes to the supreme sacrifice of Shamsul Alam Khan Milon 34 years ago...
Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 34th martyrdom anniversary of Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, a physician, on this day in 1990...
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan on Friday accorded a reception to the gallantry award holder freedom fighters of Bangladesh Air Force, heroic members of 鈥楰ilo Flight鈥� and their successors at BAF Shaheen Hall at Tejgaon in Dhaka.
The University of Dhaka celebrated the World Philosophy Day on the campus in the capital on Thursday...
Bangladesh鈥檚 caregiving sector has the potential to create about seven million new jobs by 2035, but the sector has been facing significant challenges, including insufficient investment and an incomplete legislative framework for care work, according to an International Labour Organisation study...
The Maldives says its financial troubles are 鈥榯emporary鈥� and the luxury tourist destination has no plans to seek an International Monetary Fund bailout after warnings of a possible sovereign default...
Social protection is vital for mitigating the impacts of climate change, yet Bangladesh, which is heavily affected by the climate crisis, remains significantly underprepared, according to an...
The University of Dhaka has invited applications for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program for the 2024-2025 academic year for the July-December session...
Bangladesh and other countries in South Asia recorded the highest unemployment rate of 15.1 per cent in 2023, according to an International Labour Organisation report...
IT WAS the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel who taught us: 鈥榃e learn from history that we do not learn from history.鈥� What an all-encompassing pithy remark, for all time to come! It was right yesterday, is right today and will unfortunately remain right tomorrow. If Sheikh Hasina had believed in it, she could have remained a venerated...
The impact of excessive hit at work in Bangladesh is higher than the global average, though the situation has worsened more slowly over the past 20 years, according to the International Labour Organisation...
THE loss of three crops, as well as a probable loss of the fourth one, in a row, especially in the flooded north and north-east, has already dealt a blow to the farmers. The farmers who have repeatedly lost their investments in rice farming to flooding that has left them impoverished and deep...
Lalon researchers said that Fakir Lalon Shai preached his philosophy for the people鈥檚 spiritual and social liberation in the 19th century and his philosophy was...
Bangladesh must increase labour productivity by 1.5 per cent each year to fulfil its ambition of becoming a high-income country by 2050, as the country is expected to see its demographic dividend decline heavily due to an increased old-age dependency ratio, said a global report...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association President SM Mannan (Kochi) has urged the International Labour Organisation to take an initiative to establish such a code, stressing its significance for the benefit of all stakeholders - including buyers, manufacturers and workers worldwide...
The governments of Bangladesh and Switzerland, together with the International Labour Organisation on Sunday launched a new project on sustainable reintegration for returned migrant workers....
MAY 1 is celebrated all over the world as International Workers鈥� Day or Great May Day. The day is a very significant and historical moment for the working people of the world. It is also a source of inspiration and motivation...
UMA Trilok, although of Indian Punjabi origin, writes in Hindi and English. Her book under review, Amrita-Imroz: A Love Story (2006), is written in English and deals with a real-life love affair between two very widely-known Punjabi intellectuals...