Uncertainty loomed over the payment of wages and bonuses of readymade garment workers in 200 factories ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims to be held at the end of March, according to the Industrial Police...
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has instructed the factory authorities to pay all outstanding wages, bonuses, and dues to workers by the 20th of Ramadan...
Leaders of Imarat Nirman Sramik Union Bangladesh on Monday urged the interim government and factory owners to ensure the payment of wages and festival allowances to workers by Ramadan 20...
The government will complete the payment of arrear wages and allowances to more than 27,000 laid-off workers of different industrial units of the Beximco Group this month...
Khubdho Naree Shomaj on Monday demanded a uniform democratic labour law and equal, dignified wages for men and women at a rally in Shahbag of Dhaka...
Leaders of Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad on Monday urged the interim government to take steps to ensure workers鈥� rights in the country...
Bangladesh Premier League franchise Durbar Rajshahi cancelled their scheduled practice session amid reports that the players had yet to receive their unpaid salaries...
Volkswagen vehicle deliveries fell 1.4 per cent year-on-year in 2024, the German carmaker said on Thursday, dragged down by fierce competition in China.
Crisis-hit auto giant Volkswagen said Friday it planned to axe 35,000 jobs by 2030 in Germany after reaching an agreement with unions on a drastic cost-cutting plan.
BANGLADESH has around 180 million people living in a small land and ranks number 8 in the world by population. Though the GDP of the country was $2.528 trillion in 2023, the country has neither established any sewage treatment system nor a safe water supply system for the entire nation. Still, waterborne diseases and dengue are the main diseases in...
The government has announced a long-awaited wage hike for cold storage workers after 12 years, raising the minimum monthly pay to Tk 14,000...
Readymade garment workers have rejected the announcement of 9 per cent annual increase in their wages and workers from at least 25 factories in Ashulia on Wednesday refused to join work demanding a 15 per cent annual increase...
The annual wage increment for the country鈥檚 readymade garment workers has been raised from 5 per cent to 9 per cent, effective from this month...
The government has brought 15 new industrial sectors under wage regulations with the aim of ensuring minimum wages for thousands of workers engaged in these industries...
Thousands of Volkswagen workers went on strike Monday in an escalating industrial dispute, with unions warning that the crisis-hit German auto giant is intent on making mass layoffs and closing factories...
Workers at German factories for carmaker Volkswagen are to go on strike from today over plans to cut thousands of jobs, union IG Metall said at the weekend...
Low wages and constant pressure to meet production targets have put significant negative impacts, including reliance on overtime, rising debt, health risks and limited access to essential services, on Bangladeshi garment workers, according to a study...
The government has appointed three new permanent members from owners, workers and independent people to the minimum wage board, replacing the previous ones, according to labour ministry officials...
The minimum wage board has called for reforms in the Bangladesh labour act and labour rules, seeking a mandate to act as the implementation authority for wages it announced for the industrial sector workers...
THE relocation of tanneries from Hazaribagh to Dhaka鈥檚 outskirts of Savar had been in discussions until the relocation was somewhat complete a few years ago, with some prickly issues such as pollution still rearing the head. The relocation project began in 2003 on a High Court order of 2001 to save the moribund River Buriganga. The tannery units...
Speakers at a discussion in Dhaka on Tuesday emphasised the executing recommended minimum wages for the tannery sector soon.
THE Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, which has continued to incur losses despite increases in water tariff for 15 times since 2009, when the Awami League assumed office to continue for consecutive tenures before its overthrow on August 5, and has struggled to improve the quality of supply water, has now run into a new problem. Two projects...
Politicians, academics, garment labour leaders and professionals on Friday at a national conference in Dhaka called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to resolve...
The workers of 18 tea gardens under National Tea Company Ltd in Sylhet have threatened to go on strike from Wednesday if their due wages are not cleared by Tuesday...
Labour leaders and rights advocates on Sunday called for the establishment of a national minimum wage, a democratic process for selecting wage board representatives, and regular review of minimum wages based on comprehensive assessments to ensure a dignified standard of living for workers...
The immediate implementation of the 9th wage board award for the newspaper and news agency journalists and employees has been demanded.
The situation in the Ashulia and Gazipur industrial zones on Tuesday improved on the whole even though workers blocked two highways, demanding payment of their wages and...
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Monday said that the country鈥檚 labour class did not get their just share of wages over a timeframe of the last one decade and more...
SUCCESSIVE governments have been generally negligent in ensuring minimum wage and labour rights for workers in export-oriented industries. The apparel workers got some policy attention, and their minimum wage was increased from Tk 8,000 to Tk 12,100 in 2023, but the increase is extremely inadequate considering the unprecedented food inflation in the...
Workers in different export sectors except readymade garments in the country earn minimum wages ranging from Tk聽6,700 to Tk聽8,050, a level that labour rights advocates deem inadequate and insufficient to meet basic living costs...
