Bus services halted over attack on driver in C鈥檔awabganj
Bus services on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route remained suspended since Monday morning following a dispute between transport workers of the two districts...
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Eurozone Fashion to resume operations today
The operations of Joar Sahara鈥檚 Eurozone Fashion Limited will resume its manufacturing activities on Tuesday morning, that is today, said the factory鈥檚 officials...
Workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway for arrears
Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway remained suspended for three hours as the workers of a ceramics factory blocked the highway, demanding arrears and other benefits, in Gazipur鈥檚 Sreepur upazila Sunday morning...
Abdul Bari Sheikh dies
Politician, social worker and writer Md Abdul Bari Sheikh died at Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Sunday...
Libya detains 1,500 undocumented migrants
Libyan authorities detained on Saturday some 1,500 undocumented migrant workers in a raid on a neighbourhood housing them east of the capital Tripoli, an AFP reporter saw...
Inclusive definition of 鈥榳orker鈥� matters
IT HAS been more than two months since the Labour Reform Commission released its report, outlining the reformation of labour law in Bangladesh. Although the reform proposals have not yet been enacted into statutory law, the commission鈥檚 report offers insight into the changes that should be made to the existing legal framework...
Farm worker dies after US immigration raid in California
A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a聽legal cannabis farm in California, his family said on Saturday...
ATAB seeks govt help to curb air ticket prices
The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh has called for urgent government intervention to stop 鈥榮yndicate鈥� control in the air ticket market, which has led to abnormal fare hikes and created hardship for migrant workers and general passengers...
Shop worker convention demands labour rights fulfilled
Labour leaders on Friday at a shop workers convention in Dhaka city said that most of the shop employees were deprived of their just rights.
Workshop worker dies after cornice collapses in Aftabnagar
A teenage workshop worker died after the cornice of a wall collapsed on him in the capital鈥檚 Aftabnagar area early Tuesday...
Cambodian garment workers fret Trump鈥檚 tariff threat
As Cambodian garment workers took breaks from toiling in sweltering factories on Tuesday, they feared for their jobs after US President Donald Trump鈥檚 threat to impose a 36 percent tariff...
Household services workers still off legal protection
THE continued abuse of child household services workers speaks of a dangerous gap in law enforcement despite protective policies. Rights organisations and experts have raised alarm over the government inaction as violence has escalated. In the first half of 2025, seven workers were killed, four of them aged below 18, as monthly Bangladesh Mahila Parishad data show. In...
Reinstatement, job regularisation of UDC workers demanded
Politicians, academics, labour leaders and professionals on Monday at a human chain in Dhaka called on the interim government to regularise jobs of 10,000 workers of 4,578 Union Digital Centres across the country...
Construction worker dies after falling from building
A 35-year-old construction worker died after falling from the third floor of an under-construction building in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur on Monday...
Weak law execution perpetuates child domestic worker abuse
The abuse and harassment of child domestic workers prolong in the country in the absence of strict implementation of the existing legal framework for protecting children and domestic workers, observe rights activists and experts.
Worker killed as IBA canteen wall collapses
A construction worker died after being crushed under a wall collapsed during renovation work at the canteen of Dhaka University鈥檚 Institute of Business Administration on Thursday...
Sylhet stone traders, workers announce strike from July 5
Sylhet District Stone Traders and Workers Unity Council on Wednesday threatened to go for a indefinite transport strike from Saturday if their five-point demand, including opening stone quarries for extracting stones in manual process and withdrawal of the deputy commissioner, were not met by Friday...
Two more arrested over factory worker killing in Gazipur
The police arrested two more suspects between Monday night and Tuesday morning in connection with the killing of a 19-year-old garment factory worker, who was beaten to death on theft allegations inside a factory in Gazipur鈥檚 Konabari...
Worker tortured to death at RMG factory
The police arrested a 28-year-old man at a location in Gazipur city Sunday night for his alleged involvement in Saturday鈥檚 beating a readymade garment worker to death at his workplace on Kashimpur road under Konabari police station in the city...
Child workers are but ignored
Child labour remains a pressing crisis globally. According to estimates by the ILO and UNICEF, as of 2024, around 138 million children were engaged in labour, with approximately 54 million involved in hazardous tasks that endanger their health and development. Agriculture continues to account for the majority of cases, representing 61 per cent of all child labour...
Biman offers special worker fare on 4 more routes
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has expanded its special concessional airfare programme, known as 鈥榳orker fare,鈥� to four additional Middle Eastern countries, namely United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar...
45 held as RMG workers clash with joint forces over termination
Joint forces arrested 45 readymade garment workers on Saturday as they locked in a clash over protesting against job termination at Gazipur鈥檚 Designtex Knitwear Ltd.
July Charter by July demanded
The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh on Saturday called on the interim government to take steps to prepare the July Charter based on minimum consensus among political parties on reforms in various sectors by this July.
21st founding anniversary of RWPB today
Today is the 21st founding anniversary of the Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Ganatantra Mancha.
Garment factory worker raped, 2 arrested
Two people, including a hotel manager and its security guard, were arrested for allegedly raping a female ready-made garment factory worker at the hotel in Sylhet early Sunday...
23 RMG workers arrested over clashes with police
The police arrested 23 readymade garment workers on Wednesday in a case filed over alleged attacks on the police and vandalising a police vehicle in Gazipur鈥檚 Sreepur the previous day...
Bangladesh among 10 worst countries
Bangladesh has once again been named among the 10 worst countries in the world for working people, according to the 2025 edition of the International Trade Union Confederation Global Rights Index...
Worker rights in 鈥榝ree fall鈥� globally: report
Workers鈥� rights around the world are 鈥榠n free fall鈥�, with widespread attempts to hamstring collective bargaining and attacks on trade union representatives, the world鈥檚 largest trade union organisation said Monday.
Powerful orgs necessary for sustainable reforms: seminar
Nursing and empowering organisations of poorly-focused farmers, workers, small businesses and students are crucial for reforming the democratic institutions severely affected by the ousted Awami League regime, said discussants at a seminar held on Friday...
Law to protect rights of child domestic workers demanded
Government and non-government representatives on Tuesday called for the urgent enactment of a specific law to protect the rights and ensure the safety of child domestic workers, highlighting a major gap in the current legal framework...
