Wage, festival allowance of Style Graft workers demanded
Garment labour leaders at a protest rally in Dhaka on Friday demanded the wages and the festival allowance of workers of Style Graft Garment in Gazipur by March 23.
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Workers to get all payment by Ramadan 20
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has instructed the factory authorities to pay all outstanding wages, bonuses, and dues to workers by the 20th of Ramadan...
Helpline launched to address labour issues
The ministry of labour and employment in collaboration with the department of inspection for factories and establishments has set up a control room to closely monitor labour conditions and address workers鈥� unrest in both RMG and non-RMG sectors ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr...
Workers of nine closed Beximco units get arrears
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, arrears of laid-off workers of 9 out of 14 closed factories of the Beximco Industrial Park have been cleared as of Monday...
Female labour migration from Bangladesh continues to drop
Female migration from Bangladesh to other countries continued to decrease significantly mainly due to the lack of workers鈥� language barriers, skills and safety issues...
BEPZA to launch employment injury scheme
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is going to introduce a project named 鈥楨mployment Injury Scheme鈥� in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation to provide aid to the garment sector workers of Export Processing Zones, said a press release...
SKOP leaders demand implementation of their demands
Leaders of Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad, a combine of 16 labour rights bodies, on Tuesday handed over a memorandum to the labour adviser of the interim government at the Bangladesh Secretariat for implementation of their nine-point demand...
BSCPLC deposits Tk 1.06cr to BLWF fund
Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC on Wednesday deposited Tk 1.06 crore to Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation聽fund from its profits of the 2023-24 financial year under Section 238 of Labour Act, 2006, said a press release...
Reduce minimum premium on Surokkha Scheme: BILS
Findings of a research has recommended for聽reducing the minimum premium on 鈥楽urokkha Scheme鈥� and thus ensuring mandatory聽participation of organisations and owners in the scheme to have better聽outcomes...
Cheap labour, costly future
A CHILDHOOD spent in school, playing with friends, and dreaming of the future鈥攖his should be the reality for every child. Yet, for millions in Bangladesh, childhood is defined by long hours of exhausting labour, meagre wages, and...
RMG must evolve beyond cheap labour
THE ready-made garments sector has been the backbone of Bangladesh鈥檚 economy for decades, transforming the country into a global hub for apparel manufacturing. From its humble beginnings in the late 1970s, the industry has grown to become the second-largest apparel exporter in the world, contributing over 80 per cent of Bangladesh鈥檚 total exports and...
Uniform democratic labour law, equal wages demanded
Khubdho Naree Shomaj on Monday demanded a uniform democratic labour law and equal, dignified wages for men and women at a rally in Shahbag of Dhaka...
600 arrested for working illegally in UK
UK immigration enforcement teams made over 600 arrests in January, a 73 per cent increase on the same period a year ago, as part of the new Labour government鈥檚 plan to tackle undocumented migration and people smuggling gangs, officials said on Monday...
Current business policy discourages investment, industrial growth: Hatem
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association president Mohammad Hatem urged the interim government to implement policies discussing with business people and other stakeholders to attract more investment, grow industries, and generate more employment...
Bangladesh to upgrade labour laws to ILO standards: Yunus
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...
Labour migration from Bangladesh to Croatia at risk
Labour migration from Bangladesh to Croatia is at risk since the authorities of the Balkan country is planning to suspend the issuance of new visas or work permits for Bangladeshis over allegations of using the country as a transit area for other destinations in Europe...
NATIONAL MINORITIES: Constitutional recognition for pluralistic society
INDIGENOUS peoples are identified in international forums, including the United Nations, as first nations, hunter-gatherers, or hill tribes. These peoples usually live in mountainous or rural areas somewhat isolated from the mainland, which reflects the distinctive characteristics of their social, cultural, and economic lifestyles. They often follow a socioeconomic...
Domestic workers鈥� lives matter
THE recent revelation of the torture inflicted on a 13-year-old domestic worker in the Bashundhara residential area of Dhaka has reignited the discussion surrounding the plight of domestic workers. The young girl, subjected to relentless physical and mental abuse by her employer, endured unimaginable cruelty, including being burnt with a hair straightener...
Bhorer Kagoj office closed amid protest for wages
The authorities of the Bangla daily Bhorer Kagoj on Monday announced the closure of its head office at Malibagh in Dhaka amid the protests of its journalists and employees demanding wages and arrear...
US bans imports from dozens of Chinese firms
The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday that it was adding 37 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act entity list, bringing its total to nearly 150...
Labour sector in bad shape, needs reform: experts
Labour sector experts at a dialogue on Sunday said that Bangladesh鈥檚 labour sector was in a bad shape and it needed reforms...
Time for govt to act to resolve joblessness
AN INCREASE in the number of unemployed people in the July-September quarter in 2024 compared with the figure of the corresponding period of 2023 is alarming. The Bureau of Statistics, which has for the first time applied the definition set at the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians 鈥� which considers people unemployed if they do not work...
Labour leader Shahidullah Chy buried
Politicians, academics, labour leaders and people from all walks of life Saturday morning paid tributes to veteran labour leader and freedom fighter Shahidullah Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital Dhaka...
Recession weighs on German labour market
Germany鈥檚 unemployment rate stayed stable at 6.1 per cent in December but the stagnation in Europe鈥檚 largest economy weighed on the labour market throughout 2024, according to official data published on Friday.
Labour leader Shahidullah Chy dies
Veteran labour leader and president of Bangladesh Trade Union Centre Shahidullah Chowdhury died on Friday noon in his residence in Dhaka.
Labourer sector reform: Informal workers seek recognition聽
The informal sector labourers, accounting for an overwhelming 85 per cent of the country鈥檚 labour force, keep their hopes high that the interim government would fulfil their...
DIFE places 11-point proposal for labour reform
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments on Tuesday presented an 11-point reform proposal, including increasing penalties for labour law violations and mandating labour licences...
Licence, route permit, policy demanded for battery-run rickshaws
Labour rights activists demanded on Sunday that the government should introduce a system of issuing licences and route permits and a policy on battery-run three-wheelers such as rickshaws.
Rights activists want recognition of battery-run rickshaws
Labour rights activists on Wednesday came up with an eight-point demand, including enactment of policy on battery-run three wheelers such as rickshaws, authorisation of these vehicles and their drivers, and state-supported modernisation of these rickshaws...
Labour Reform Commission Meeting: Women workers' rights stressed
Rights campaigners at a meeting with the labour reform commission on Tuesday highlighted the importance of maternity leave for women workers, sufficient day-care facilities for working women and strict measures against sexual harassment...