Unionised US Apple store votes to authorise strike
Unionised workers at a Maryland Apple store voted on Saturday to authorise a strike, which would mark the first such labour action against the retailer in the United States if it goes forward...
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UK鈥檚 Labour vows to ditch govt鈥檚 Rwanda deportation plan
Britain鈥檚 main opposition Labour party on Friday pledged to scrap the Conservative government鈥檚 flagship Rwanda scheme if it comes to power, replacing it with a...
Addressing unemployment
WITHIN the rich and diverse fabric of Bangladesh鈥檚 educational panorama, there exists a formidable barrier that obstructs its path to progress: a conspicuous inadequacy in the standard of education. Despite a remarkable surge in enrolment rates, a closer scrutiny uncovers...
Better governance for labour migration needed
BANGLADESH remains one of the top few countries to send migrants to join the international labour market, but remittance earnings compared with the number of migrants abroad are low. The International Organisation for Migration in...
NSU holds int鈥檒 confce on transboundary rivers of South Asia
The inaugural session of the two-day long international conference on 鈥楾ransboundary Rivers of South Asia: Fostering Regional Collaboration for Environmental Sustainability鈥� successfully commenced on Tuesday at North South University...
Sadiq Khan wins record third term as London mayor
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party鈥檚 mayor of London, romped to victory Saturday, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the UK鈥檚 governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election.....
Labour urges UK election after Tory losses
Britain鈥檚 Labour on Friday urged prime minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election after the opposition party made significant gains in English polls that...
US unemployment edges up as hiring slows down
US job growth slowed more than analysts anticipated in April while unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, signalling that the labour market is cooling though still relatively resilient.
Pledge to eliminate child labour by 2025 appears mere rhetoric
AN INCREASE in child labour, with more than a million children engaged in hazardous work, shows the emptiness of the government鈥檚 pledge to eliminate child labour in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending all forms of child labour...
Govt must set up minimum wage commission to honour labour
THE absence of a minimum wage commission has for years left more than 85 per cent of the workers and employees, who work in informal sectors, to face wage discrimination and deprivation. The government鈥檚 sector-wise minimum wage boards for...
HC stays Rangpur labour court case against Yunus
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the Rangpur Labour Court鈥檚 proceedings initiated against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and his...
Child labour rising despite govt initiative 聽
Twelve-year-old Foysal came to Dhaka from Noakhali鈥檚 Chatkhil upazila this year and took a job at a metal workshop in the Kanthal Bagan area, looking to...
21,000 cases pending with labour courts
Workers of various sectors are hardly getting the expected benefits from labour courts due to unusual delays in settling cases as well as non-implementation of the...
85pc workforce out of wage regulation
Rights experts and labour leaders have pointed out that the country has no legal framework to set minimum wages for more than 85 per cent of workers and...
Experts suggest global solidarity to safeguard lives, livelihoods of workers
Global experts and labour rights activists on Monday emphasized the need for global solidarity to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of workers.
Labour amendment bill to be passed in next JS session: Nazrul聽聽
State minister for labour Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury on Saturday said that the recommendations of the international community over...
Innovation showcasing held at BOU
An innovation showcasing was held on the Bangladesh Open University campus in Gazipur on Thursday...
16 killed in migrant boat capsize off Djibouti
At least 16 people are dead and 28 missing in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN鈥檚 International Organisation for...
Finishing unfinished works of Zafrullah vowed
Politicians, lawyers and journalists on Tuesday at a commemoration meeting in Dhaka urged all to work for fulfilling the unfinished works of Zafrullah Chowdhury...
Yunus鈥檚 bail extended until May 23聽
The Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday extended until May 23 the tenure of the bail for Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus and his three Grameen Telecom colleagues who are all facing...