Unemployment rate in South Asia highest in 2023: ILO
Bangladesh and other countries in South Asia recorded the highest unemployment rate of 15.1 per cent in 2023, according to an International Labour Organisation report...
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Bleak jobs report raises recession spectre in US
THE US economy appears to be precariously perched on the brink of recession. The stock market鈥檚 recent plunge reflects heightened recession fears, further exacerbated by a bleak jobs report. On August 2, the US Bureau of Labour Statistics unveiled that non-farm employment rose by a mere 114,000 in July, marking the lowest increase since...
Tulip Siddiq investigated over London property income
British minister and Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, also the niece of Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is being investigated by the United Kingdom parliament鈥檚 standards watchdog over a failure to register rental income on a London property...
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鈥檚 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鈥檚 general election....
Keir Starmer: United Kingdom鈥檚 methodical new leader
United Kingdom鈥檚 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鈥檚 new government faces tough economic challenge
Britain鈥檚 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鈥檚 general election, leaving only a couple of obvious contenders for the party leadership if Rishi Sunak resigns....
Britain鈥檚 PM-elect Keir Starmer pledges 鈥榥ational renewal鈥�
Britain鈥檚 prime minister-elect Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to start a period of 鈥榥ational renewal鈥� 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鈥檚 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聽聽 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鈥檚 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...
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...
鈥楢dvancing Decent Work in Bangladesh鈥� project launched for labour sector reform
鈥楢dvancing Decent Work in Bangladesh鈥� project, a collaborative initiative between Bangladesh and the International Labour Organisation, was launched on Thursday to support the implementation of the government鈥檚 labour sector reform...
UK Labour tipped for historic election win in new polls
Two polls published on Wednesday found the UK鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 touching poems 鈥楾he Chimney Sweeper鈥� 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 鈥榳eep, weep.鈥�...
UK leaders clash in TV debate
The leaders of Britain鈥檚 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....
Prof Yunus鈥� bail extended till July 4
The Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka on Thursday extended bail of Grameen Telecom chairman and Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and three...
BGMEA for fair prices, unified code of conduct
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...