The Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Awami League-led alliance, on Wednesday called on the government to form a 鈥榮pecial commission鈥� for investigating corruptions and misuse of power of former chief of Bangladesh Army, Aziz Ahmed, and former inspector general of police, Benazir Ahmed...
Aspiring migrant workers who have failed to go to Malaysia even after depositing larger amounts of money are now grappling with uncertainty over refund of the money from the agencies...
The state minister for expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, said on Sunday that a total of 50,004 Bangladeshi aspirants failed to migrate to...
A female worker of Ishwardi Export Processing Zone was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband on Sunday morning in front of the EPZ...
Politicians and academics on Saturday at a discussion said that the economy of the country was facing a serious crisis for criminalisation of politics and...
Leaders of various garment workers鈥� rights bodies held separate rallies in Dhaka on Saturday, calling on the Awami League government and the garment factory owners...
The High Court on Tuesday asked the Bangladesh Bank and other government authorities to submit reports on the number of foreign nationals working in Bangladesh and as to how they send their money to their respective countries...
Politicians, academics, and river experts urged the government to secure a justified share of water from the common rivers, flowing between Bangladesh and...
Malaysia is set to shut its door on foreign workers from the first day of the next month with many Bangladeshis waiting to travel to the country having completed their...
A construction worker was electrocuted to death while doing plaster works in an under-construction building in the capital鈥檚 Kalabagan area on Tuesday...
Implementing responsible purchasing practices by the fashion companies is imperative to support worker rights and ensure fair compensation, including living wages for all, according to a report released by Global Fashion Agenda...
Left-leaning leaders on Sunday at a discussion in Dhaka said that the movement for the establishment of a democratic and non-sectarian Bangladesh would continue...
Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon on Saturday called on youths to resist misrule, corruptions and sectarian politics in the...
The 81st birthday of Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon will be celebrated today...
The police on Thursday arrested a transport worker on allegation of attempting to sexually harass a female student of Jahangirnagar University on a moving bus on her way to the university campus on May 14...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Labour and Employment Ministry on Tuesday recommended increasing the wages of the river vessel workers...
The police on Thursday stopped agitating workers of closed Denis Knitwear at national press club from marching towards the prime minister鈥檚 office at noon...
Several hundred garment workers on Wednesday rallied in front of Srama Bhaban in the capital鈥檚 Bijoynagar demanding immediate reopening of their factory in Gazipur...
Gazans are feeling the toll of seven months of war, with women bearing the brunt as hospitals face overcrowding and shortages, says a doctor who just left the southern city of Rafah...
The leaders of the Revolutionary Workers鈥� Party of Bangladesh at a press conference on Sunday demanded to hold a general election in a free, fair and participatory manner for the...
Several hundred garment workers on Saturday blocked busy Airport Road at Banani, protesting at the closure of their factory without any...
Road communication between Barishal and other parts of the country remained suspended for two hours as transport workers blocked the Dhaka-Barishal highway protesting...
Bus movement on the Dhaka-Gazipur route has remained suspended since Friday morning following a clash between students of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology and transport workers in Gazipur Sadar upazila Thursday night.....
International Workers鈥� Day, widely known as May Day, was observed across Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world on Wednesday, pressing workers鈥� demands, including announcement of minimum wages for workers in all sectors, workplace safety, and six-month maternity leave for women...
Amnesty International on Wednesday said that garment workers in Bangladesh continued to face a climate of fear and repression as corporate impunity for business-related human rights abuses remained unchecked amid state sanctioned crackdown on workers鈥� rights.....
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...
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...
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...
Labour leaders, academics and professionals on Monday at a roundtable in Dhaka called on the Awami League government to introduce a rationing system for garment workers of the...
Amid the ongoing heatwave and insufficient rainfall, various diseases and pests have spread in tea gardens of Moulvibazar, fearing less production this year...
