Menon urges youth to resist corruptions, misrule
Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon on Saturday called on youths to resist misrule, corruptions and sectarian politics in the...
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Menon鈥檚 81st birthday today
The 81st birthday of Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon will be celebrated today...
JS body recommends raising wages of river vessel workers
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Labour and Employment Ministry on Tuesday recommended increasing the wages of the river vessel workers...
Police stop garment workers march towards PMO
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...
RMG workers stage protest demanding reopening of factory
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...
RWPB demands free, fair, participatory election
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...
RMG workers block Airport road protesting at factory closure
Several hundred garment workers on Saturday blocked busy Airport Road at Banani, protesting at the closure of their factory without any...
People suffer as transport workers block Dhaka-Barishal highway
Road communication between Barishal and other parts of the country remained suspended for two hours as transport workers blocked the Dhaka-Barishal highway protesting...
Workers demand minimum wage for all, workplace safety
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...
21,000 cases pending with labour courts
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...
85pc workforce out of wage regulation
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...
Worker rights still elusive
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...
Rations for garment workers demanded
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...
Heat, insect attack threaten tea yields
Amid the ongoing heatwave and insufficient rainfall, various diseases and pests have spread in tea gardens of Moulvibazar, fearing less production this year...
UK govt urged to ease visa for Bangladeshi workers
State minister for expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury MP called on the UK government to ease visa conditions for Bangladeshi restaurant workers who want to work in the UK鈥檚 hospitality and catering sectors...
Govt negligence blamed for delay in Rana Plaza trial
The leaders of different garment workers鈥� right bodies on Wednesday observed 11th Rana Plaza Day placing wreaths at the monument at Savar bus stand and also holding rallies and procession in the area...
Landless Brazilians and Gaza
THE mass food drive for Gaza was also a campaign to contest the growth of Christian Zionism in the country and deepen ties with the Palestinian struggle...
Justice still elusive
Justice has remained elusive for 11 years as the 19 cases filed over the killings of ready-made garment workers during the Rana Plaza building collapse...
Imperialism spreading wars worldwide, says Menon
Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon on Monday said that imperialism was spreading wars worldwide. But the wars would not be able to save imperialism and their abolition was a must....
Volkswagen workers in Tennessee vote to unionise
Volkswagen workers in Tennessee voted decisively to become a union shop, according to election results released Friday, marking the first victory for...
Govt sets Tk 10,001 as minimum wage for cotton textile workers
The government has announced Tk聽10,001 as the gross monthly minimum wage for the country鈥檚 cotton textile sector workers and employees...
Israel鈥檚 war on aid workers in Gaza
EULOGIES should rarely be taken at face value. Plaster saints take the place of complex individuals; faults transmute into golden virtues. But there was little in the way...
