IT WAS the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel who taught us: 鈥榃e learn from history that we do not learn from history.鈥� What an all-encompassing pithy remark, for all time to come! It was right yesterday, is right today and will unfortunately remain right tomorrow. If Sheikh Hasina had believed in it, she could have remained a venerated...
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...
THE loss of three crops, as well as a probable loss of the fourth one, in a row, especially in the flooded north and north-east, has already dealt a blow to the farmers. The farmers who have repeatedly lost their investments in rice farming to flooding that has left them impoverished and deep...
Lalon researchers said that Fakir Lalon Shai preached his philosophy for the people鈥檚 spiritual and social liberation in the 19th century and his philosophy was...
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...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association President SM Mannan (Kochi) has urged the International Labour Organisation to take an initiative to establish such a code, stressing its significance for the benefit of all stakeholders - including buyers, manufacturers and workers worldwide...
The governments of Bangladesh and Switzerland, together with the International Labour Organisation on Sunday launched a new project on sustainable reintegration for returned migrant workers....
MAY 1 is celebrated all over the world as International Workers鈥� Day or Great May Day. The day is a very significant and historical moment for the working people of the world. It is also a source of inspiration and motivation...
UMA Trilok, although of Indian Punjabi origin, writes in Hindi and English. Her book under review, Amrita-Imroz: A Love Story (2006), is written in English and deals with a real-life love affair between two very widely-known Punjabi intellectuals...
