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Lutfey Siddiqi briefs diplomats on labour reform progress

Reviewing the past eight months of progress on labour reforms and outlining the government’s roadmap ahead, special envoy to the chief adviser for international affairs Lutfey Siddiqi on Monday conveyed to the top Western nations’ ambassadors and high commissioners that they had made a ‘dramatic progress’.

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BOU holds workshop on blended TVET

A stakeholder consultation workshop on blended technical and vocational education and training in Bangladesh was held at the central conference hall of Bangladesh Open University in Gazipur on Monday...

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City shops to be registered: labour adviser

The Adviser to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, M Sakhawat Hossain, said that all residential hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, shopping malls, and major market shops in Dhaka must compulsorily complete registration under the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006...

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BOU signs MoU with NSDA

Bangladesh Open University on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding with National Skills Development Authority to enhance skills of students and strengthen industry-academia collaboration and foster mutual cooperation in developing a skilled workforce...

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Workplace safety, Tk 30,000 minimum wage demanded

The country along with the rest of the world observed May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, on Thursday with demands for ensuring worker rights, including right to workplace safety and right to forming and joining trade unions.

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22,000 cases pending with labour courts

The wait for justice for hundreds of workers is getting ever longer, as the labour courts and the labour appellate tribunal are struggling to deal with a backlog of around 22,000 cases...

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Labour rights still far cry

The labour sector needs comprehensive reforms to ensure worker rights and welfare. The interim government has, however, received recommendations from the labour reforms commission...

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Mongla port blames stevedore worker feud for labour unrest

The Mongla Port Authority clarified that recent reports circulating on social media regarding attacks on labour leaders were not reflective of the port’s operations, but rather stem from internal conflicts among workers managed by stevedores...

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Informality trap

THE employment landscape of Bangladesh is highly concentrated towards the informal sector, accounting for 84.07 per cent of total employment, according to the Labour Force Survey (2023). The survey figured that informality is prevalent at a higher rate among women, with 95.7 per cent engaged in informal jobs and only 4.3 per cent in formal roles. Again, an...

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Why labour laws ignore gig workers

In the bustling alleys of Dhaka, the winding roads of Chattogram and the fast-urbanising zones of Rajshahi and Sylhet, thousands of young workers — on bicycles, motorcycles or, even, on foot — move swiftly to deliver food, parcels and ride-hailing services. No single company employs them, but they work through digital platforms such as Pathao, Uber, Foodpanda...

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BAIRA demands removing barrier to labour markets

General members of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) formed a human chain in front of the Probashi Kalyan Bhaban in Eskaton Garden on Thursday, demanding the reopening of labour markets including Malaysia...

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Nat’l minimum wage for all workers in Bangladesh suggested

The Labour Reform Commission in its final report to the interim government on Monday recommended that a ‘permanent minimum wage commission’ should determine a national minimum wage for workers across all sectors irrespective of government, non-government and...

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Marmoush fires City into FA Cup semis

Manchester City came from behind to reach the FA Cup semi-finals for a record seventh consecutive season with a 2-1 win over Bournemouth on Sunday, but victory came at a cost as Erling Haaland hobbled off injured.

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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...

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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’ unrest in both RMG and non-RMG sectors ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr...

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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...

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BEPZA to launch employment injury scheme

The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is going to introduce a project named ‘Employment Injury Scheme’ in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation to provide aid to the garment sector workers of Export Processing Zones, said a press release...

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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...

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Manila puts bounty on dengue-carrying mosquitoes

Residents in a central Manila neighbourhood lined up Wednesday, as dengue cases spike nationwide, to collect a bounty — one peso for every five mosquitoes, dead or alive...

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BSCPLC deposits Tk 1.06cr to BLWF fund

Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC on Wednesday deposited Tk 1.06 crore to Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation fund from its profits of the 2023-24 financial year under Section 238 of Labour Act, 2006, said a press release...

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Delhi should show neighbourly attitude on Teesta water plans

THE protests that thousands of people, mostly of Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Rangpur have held are a rightful reaction to India’s unilateral withdrawal of water of the River Teesta which causes a gradual desertification of Bangladesh’s north. The people have sat in for two days on the river bank in Lalmonirhat, marched along a four-kilometre stretch...