Informal workers battle inflation in Bangladesh
In the bustling streets of Dhaka, countless lives teeter on the edge of survival, where each day鈥檚 earnings decide whether families eat or go hungry.
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Upholding rights of migrant workers
MIGRANT workers from Bangladesh are the silent heroes of the country鈥檚 economy. Their hard-earned money, sent back home as remittances, is a huge source of foreign currency that helps keep the nation stable and growing. Their hard work builds the...
NASSA Group chair signs power of attorney to sell assets to pay workers鈥� dues
NASSA Group chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder has signed a draft power of attorney to initiate the sale of several properties to pay the workers鈥� dues for the current month.
Trump raises fee for high-tech visa to $100,000
US President Donald Trump is raising dramatically to $100,000 the fee for the visa used extensively by high-tech workers, especially from India, a US official said.
Govt moves on labour export to Japan
The ministry of expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment has taken a series of major decisions to expand manpower export to Japan, a market seen as one of the most promising for Bangladeshi workers in the coming years.
ACC to sue 13 recruiters for stealing Tk 1,159cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved 13 separate cases against 31 individuals, including the chair, managing directors, and directors of 13 overseas companies, on the charges of embezzling Tk 1,159 crore through a syndicate that overcharged workers bound for Malaysia...
BEPZA to form fund to clear dues of closed factory workers
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is planning to form a fund to ensure payment of wages and benefits to workers of factories that shut down or suspended operations...
Boeing defence workers reject deal to end strike
Boeing workers at its St Louis area defence factories will stay on strike after union members voted Friday to reject a new contract offer from the US aviation giant...
Ivorian workers snub Abidjan to settle in rural west
Abou Fofana spent his student years making the most of the opportunities on offer in Abidjan, Ivory Coast鈥檚 bustling economic capital of six million people...
Garment workers鈥� blockade triggers heavy traffic congestion at Kuril, Expressway
Traffic in the capital鈥檚 Kuril area came to a standstill for more than four hours on Thursday after garment workers blocked the flyover there, demanding payment of arrears and allowances.
Workers halt Rajshahi鈥揇haka bus services for wage hike
Bus services between Rajshahi and Dhaka came to a halt on Sunday night as transport workers stopped their work demanding a rise in their wages, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded...
Rights, protection for informal sector workers demanded
Trade union leaders and labour rights activists on Monday urged the government to ensure labour rights and protection for informal sector workers, who make up the majority of Bangladesh鈥檚 workforce but remain outside the scope of the labour law...
RCC workers hold protests, demand wage circular implementation
Temporary and daily wage workers of Rajshahi City Corporation staged demonstrations on Sunday, demanding the implementation of the government circular regarding fixing their wage...
Govt should attend to issues to make labour migration safe
MIGRANT Bangladeshi workers overseas are often reported to have run into problems, mostly because of offences such as overstaying visas, lacking valid documents and misusing permits. In the latest such incident, Malaysian immigration authorities, as 抖阴精品 reported on September 4, quoting the Malaysian national news agency Bernama, detained 770 migrant workers in...
All factories remain closed after worker鈥檚 death
All factories in the Uttara Export Processing Zone in Nilphamari remained closed and a tense situation was prevailing in the area on Wednesday, a day after a worker was killed during a clash between the law enforcers and the workers protesting against the closure of a factory and lay-offs...
Trade union ceiling sparks debate
The proposed amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Act, allowing at least 20 workers to form a trade union at a factory, reignited debate between workers and factory management...
Recurring death of apparel workers unacceptable
THE death of another worker caused by police action over unpaid wages demonstrates the government鈥檚 continued disregard for worker rights. At least 25 others were also injured in the clash with law enforcers at the Uttara Export Processing Zone in Nilphamari on September 2. While the family and fellows of the victim claimed that the deceased was shot by law enforcers...
Garment workers block Kuril road demanding unpaid wages
Garment workers blocked the road at Kuril in the capital on Wednesday, demanding arrears and allowances...
UBL, UCL contribute Tk 8.62cr to WPPF
Unilever Bangladesh Limited contributed Tk 81,777,100 and Unilever Consumer Care Limited Tk 4,498,200 to the Bangladesh Workers Welfare Foundation Fund under the labour and employment ministry as part of their statutory commitment to the Workers鈥� Profit Participation Fund...
Malaysia likely to recruit 30,000 workers from Bangladesh
Expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment adviser Asif Nazrul on Wednesday said that Malaysia might take fresh 30,000 workers from Bangladesh as it was set to reopen its labour market to foreign workers...
3 construction workers found dead in Dhaka
The police on Saturday recovered the bodies of three construction workers from a water tank at an under-construction building in the capital鈥檚 Bashundhara Residential Area...
Boeing defence workers turn to US Congress
Boeing defence industry workers currently on strike asked for congressional lawmakers鈥� support on Wednesday as they seek to pressure the aviation giant to improve its bargaining offer to the union...
3 demolition workers killed as roof of abandoned building collapses in Netrakona
Three workers were killed and two others seriously injured when the roof of an old building collapsed during demolition work at the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation鈥檚 Irrigation Office in the Nagra area of Netrakona town...
CUFL workers stage protests in Ctg for pay hike
Workers and employees of the Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Company Limited at Anwara upazila in Chattogram staged a protest rally on Thursday, demanding an end to disparity in pay structure...
Sandhani Life holds business dev meeting
Sandhani Life Insurance held a Business Development Meeting at the auditorium of the company head office with more than one hundred development workers and officials from all over the country...
German kebab workers savour historic pay deal
Doner kebab meat workers in Germany were Friday savouring the industry鈥檚 first ever union-backed pay deal that ended a long dispute at a major supplier of the hugely popular snack...
Worker rights not reflected in July Declaration
Speakers at an exchange-of-views meeting on Friday said that the July Declaration presented on August 5 failed to properly reflect the pressing issues of workers鈥� rights.
Cambodian workers flock home from Thailand
Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have returned from Thailand following deadly border clashes between the two neighbours, a labour ministry official said on Wednesday...
Minimum wage implementation delay deepens tannery workers鈥� plight
Tannery workers, leaders and rights activists at a discussion on Wednesday said that tannery workers鈥� suffering had deepened over the years as the implementation of their minimum wage was delaying...
WB wants 30pc local workers in projects
The government is under pressure to bring about major changes in documentation of the annual development projects to be financed by the World Bank to meet 30 per cent local labour requirement...
