Readymade garment workers on Thursday blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the Jaina Bazar area under Sripur upazila in the district demanding their salaries for the month of March and festival allowances for Eid-ul-fitr celebrated across the country on March 31...
Tea workers鈥� union leaders in Moulvibazar on Monday demanded immediate payment of due wages, rations and festival bonuses to the workers at different tea estates...
Eight days after celebration of the Eid-ul-Fitr, workers of three readymade garment factories under a group of company staged demonstration and held a rally, demanding payment of their dues, Eid bonuses, and other arrears in Gazipur on Monday...
A video recovered from the cellphone of an aid worker killed in Gaza alongside other rescuers shows their final moments, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, with clearly marked ambulances and emergency lights flashing as heavy gunfire erupts...
Sammilita Garment Sramik Federation urged the interim government to engage in diplomatic talks with the US over the reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, emphasising the need for an acceptable solution to prevent negative impacts of the tariff on workers...
The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh on Saturday strongly condemned the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 passed in the Indian parliament recently.
Several hundred workers of three garment factories of T N Z Group at Gazipur on Friday continued their sit-in in front of Srama Bhaban in the capital demanding their three months鈥� wages and festival allowances before Eid-ul Fitr.
The Revolutionary Workers Party on Thursday said that the reform proposals presented by the National Consensus Commission failed to include any specific measures to curb the influence of money in elections....
Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee, a platform working for democratic rights and freedom of expression, on Monday demanded the payment of apparel workers鈥� due wages and bonus before Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims.
Branches of the scheduled banks in the readymade garments industrial areas will remain open in March 28-29 to facilitate payment of garment workers鈥� salary, Eid聽bonus, allowances and export-import activities...
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the arrears of laid-off workers of 14 closed factories of the Beximco Industrial Park are being paid...
Workers from two different factories in Gazipur on Tuesday staged demonstrations demanding their wage arrears and the extension of Eid-ul-Fitr holidays...
Different garment workers right bodies on Tuesday at separate rallies in Dhaka demanded paying wage and festival allowance of the garment workers before Ramadan 20...
Leaders of the Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad, a combine of 16 labour rights bodies, on Sunday at a rally in Dhaka called on the government and owners of mills and factories to pay wage and festival allowance of the workers by Ramadan 20...
THE Middle East has long served as a critical employment destination for migrant workers, especially those from South Asia. The region remains indispensable for Bangladesh, whose economy relies heavily on overseas labour markets. About 70 per cent of Bangladesh鈥檚 more than 15 million overseas workers are employed in Middle Eastern countries, contributing over..
Uncertainty loomed over the payment of wages and bonuses of readymade garment workers in 200 factories ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims to be held at the end of March, according to the Industrial Police...
At least two construction workers were killed, and three others injured after a wall collapsed on them during the excavation work of a drainage system in Shahednagar Byapari Para of Sirajganj on Saturday...
Workers and owners of most of the shoe and other footwear factories at Kaluhati village in the district are passing their busiest days ahead of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival...
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...
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the arrears of laid-off workers in 14 closed factories of the Beximco Industrial Park are being paid...
THAT pedestrians continue to constitute the largest group of road accident victims warrants special attention and specific measures are needed to protect them. In February, at least 114 pedestrians died in road accidents. In a road accident on March 10, a pedestrian died and another was seriously injured when a covered van ran over them at Banani in Dhaka. Both of them...
The country鈥檚 major industrial hub, Gazipur, witnessed a daylong workers鈥� protest in various parts of the districts, which resulted in a halt in traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways...
Workers of a spinning mill blocked the Chandra-Nabinagar highway in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur for three hours Monday afternoon, demanding their three months鈥� unpaid wages...
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...
Public transport workers staged a protest at a special traffic police drive against unauthorised vehicles and illegal parking in Chattogram city, blocking roads with vehicles on Saturday.
Leaders of the National Garment Workers Federation on Friday at a rally in front of the National Martyrs鈥� Memorial at Savar called on the interim government and owners of garment factories to take steps to ensure maternity leave for women garment workers.
The government on Thursday handed over a cheque for Tk 525.46 crore to pay all arrears of laid-off workers and staff of 14 closed factories of Beximco Industrial Park...
Two tea workers were killed and 18 injured when a pickup lost control and overturned on a road at Srimangal in Moulvibazar on Monday.
The Tea Workers鈥� Union leaders at a meeting in Moulvibazar have demanded the fair wages and full festival bonus of the tea workers鈥� major religious festival 鈥楶hagua鈥�.聽
Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed the Kurdistan Workers鈥� Party leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.