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�...
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 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...
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....
The Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka on Thursday extended bail of Grameen Telecom chairman and Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and three...
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...
Britain under Labour would forge a closer relationship with Europe, the party鈥檚 international affairs spokesman said Friday as he laid out the likely...
Unionised workers at a Maryland Apple store voted on Saturday to authorise a strike, which would mark the first such labour action against the retailer in the United States if it goes forward...
Britain鈥檚 main opposition Labour party on Friday pledged to scrap the Conservative government鈥檚 flagship Rwanda scheme if it comes to power, replacing it with a...
WITHIN the rich and diverse fabric of Bangladesh鈥檚 educational panorama, there exists a formidable barrier that obstructs its path to progress: a conspicuous inadequacy in the standard of education. Despite a remarkable surge in enrolment rates, a closer scrutiny uncovers...
BANGLADESH remains one of the top few countries to send migrants to join the international labour market, but remittance earnings compared with the number of migrants abroad are low. The International Organisation for Migration in...
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party鈥檚 mayor of London, romped to victory Saturday, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the UK鈥檚 governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election.....
Britain鈥檚 Labour on Friday urged prime minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election after the opposition party made significant gains in English polls that...
US job growth slowed more than analysts anticipated in April while unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, signalling that the labour market is cooling though still relatively resilient.
AN INCREASE in child labour, with more than a million children engaged in hazardous work, shows the emptiness of the government鈥檚 pledge to eliminate child labour in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending all forms of child labour...
THE absence of a minimum wage commission has for years left more than 85 per cent of the workers and employees, who work in informal sectors, to face wage discrimination and deprivation. The government鈥檚 sector-wise minimum wage boards for...
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the Rangpur Labour Court鈥檚 proceedings initiated against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and his...
Twelve-year-old Foysal came to Dhaka from Noakhali鈥檚 Chatkhil upazila this year and took a job at a metal workshop in the Kanthal Bagan area, looking to...
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...
Global experts and labour rights activists on Monday emphasized the need for global solidarity to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of workers.
State minister for labour Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury on Saturday said that the recommendations of the international community over...
Politicians, lawyers and journalists on Tuesday at a commemoration meeting in Dhaka urged all to work for fulfilling the unfinished works of Zafrullah Chowdhury...
The Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday extended until May 23 the tenure of the bail for Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus and his three Grameen Telecom colleagues who are all facing...