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Impact of excessive heat at workplaces in Bangladesh higher than global average: ILO

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...

Immediate benefits, long-term risks

IN THE past decade, the youth from economically marginal class in Bangladesh are increasingly seeking employment opportunities in foreign countries, predominantly in the Middle East, Europe, and America. This phenomenon, driven by the allure of quick financial solvency, is becoming a defining characteristic of our labour market...

Day labourers seek dwindling jobs pre-dawn in Shanghai suburb

A dozen men crowded around an employment agent early in the morning in suburban Shanghai, waving their identification cards as they scrambled to secure a 12-hour shift at a...

Pound climbs after Labour election win

The pound advanced Friday after Britain’s centre-left Labour Party clinched an expected landslide election victory to end 14 years of right-wing...

Four Bangladesh-origin women elected lawmakers in UK polls

Four Bangladesh-origin women candidates have been elected as Labour Party lawmakers in the UK’s general election....

Keir Starmer: United Kingdom’s methodical new leader

United Kingdom’s new prime minister Keir Starmer is an ex-human rights lawyer and public prosecutor who will have to focus his relentless work ethic and methodical mind on fixing the country....

UK’s new government faces tough economic challenge

Britain’s new Labour government has pledged immediate action to grow the economy after clinching a landslide election victory to oust the Conservatives, but its task could be hampered by strained state finances following huge Covid expenditures....

Record number of cabinet ministers defeated in UK general election

A record number of Cabinet ministers lost their seats on Friday in Britain’s general election, leaving only a couple of obvious contenders for the party leadership if Rishi Sunak resigns....

Britain’s PM-elect Keir Starmer pledges ‘national renewal’

Britain’s prime minister-elect Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to start a period of ‘national renewal’ in the UK after his opposition Labour Party defeated the ruling Conservatives in the general election....

Labour wins UK general election, ending Tories' tenure

Keir Starmer on Friday will become Britain’s new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour Party arty swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule....

Bail for Professor Yunus extended until August 14

The Labour Appellate Tribunal on Thursday extended bail to Nobel Laureate Professor   and three Grameen Telecom directors until August 14 in a labour law violation case, in which they were sentenced...

Labour party hopes for historic win as UK voters go to polls

Britain voted on Thursday in a general election that polls predict will hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of...

Jail sentence of Yunus to remain effective: HC

The High Court in its judgment in a case challenging the Labour Appellate Tribunal order that had stayed the conviction of Grameen Telecom chairman and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and three others in a labour law violation case has observed that there is no provision for staying a sentence before disposal of the appeal....

Labour Party predicted to eject Tories as UK goes to polls today

Britain’s political leaders made a final push for votes Wednesday on the last day of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule...

The true catastrophe of our times

I HAVE been writing about climate change for so many years now but, in truth, it was always something I read about and took in globally. It was happening out there, often in horrific ways, but not what I felt I was living through myself...

475 workers die in workplace accidents in Bangladesh in Jan-Jun, 2024

At least 475 workers were killed in 420 workplace accidents across Bangladesh in the first half (January-June) of 2024, according to a Safety and Rights Society survey report...

Starmer faces backlash over comments singling out Bangladeshi migrants

UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is facing a backlash from his own party after he singled out Bangladesh as a country where illegal migrants are not being deported quickly enough, reports ITVX...

‘Advancing Decent Work in Bangladesh’ project launched for labour sector reform

‘Advancing Decent Work in Bangladesh’ project, a collaborative initiative between Bangladesh and the International Labour Organisation, was launched on Thursday to support the implementation of the government’s labour sector reform...

Time-bound action plans being formulated for leather industry dev: industries secy

Senior secretary of the industries ministry Zakia Sultana on Monday informed that time-bound action plans were being formulated for the development of the leather industry...

Luxembourg Grand Duke announces start of handover to son

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on Sunday announced he will start transferring powers to his son Guillaume in October, in a surprise move paving the way for the...

UK Labour tipped for historic election win in new polls

Two polls published on Wednesday found the UK’s Labour party was set to win a record-breaking number of seats and the incumbent Conservatives due for a...

Labour pitches for power with promise of growth

Britain’s Labour party on Thursday launches its general election manifesto, hoping that a promise to get the economy growing again will catapult it into power after...

Govt must own up to labour rights decline and improve situation

BANGLADESH having ranked among the 10 worst countries for working people in the 2024 ITUC Global Rights Index, which has been for the eighth consecutive year since 2017, is worrying in that it suggests that there has been no improvement in labour rights....

Bangladesh among top 10 worst countries

Bangladesh has still remained among the 10 worst countries for working people in 2024, for the 8th consecutive year since 2017 as the country has failed to improve its labour rights situation, according to the 2024 ITUC Global Rights Index, published on Wednesday...

A call to end child labour

IN WILLIAM Blake’s touching poems ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ from his collections Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, he paints a sad picture of child labour during the Industrial Revolution. Blake describes little children, covered in soot, crying out ‘weep, weep.’...

Mbappe on target as France stroll past Luxembourg

Euro 2024 favourites France beat Luxembourg 3-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday with superstar striker Kylian Mbappe on the score sheet.

UK leaders clash in TV debate

The leaders of Britain’s two main political parties faced off in the first live TV debate of the general election campaign on Tuesday, a month before voters go to the polls and with predictions of a record win for the main opposition Labour party...

Bangladesh must raise labour productivity for dev: ILO

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...

Allocation for labourers in budget demanded

Leaders of various labour rights bodies, on Friday at separate rallies in Dhaka, demanded separate allocations in the forthcoming budget for the financial year 2024-25 to support the welfare of labourers....