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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 ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· reported on September 4, quoting the Malaysian national news agency Bernama, detained 770 migrant workers in...

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All factories remain closed after worker’s 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...

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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...

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Recurring death of apparel workers unacceptable

THE death of another worker caused by police action over unpaid wages demonstrates the government’s 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...

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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’ Profit Participation Fund...

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Malaysia likely to recruit 30,000 workers from Bangladesh

Expatriates’ 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...

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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’s Bashundhara Residential Area...

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Boeing defence workers turn to US Congress

Boeing defence industry workers currently on strike asked for congressional lawmakers’ support on Wednesday as they seek to pressure the aviation giant to improve its bargaining offer to the union...

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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...

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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...

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German kebab workers savour historic pay deal

Doner kebab meat workers in Germany were Friday savouring the industry’s first ever union-backed pay deal that ended a long dispute at a major supplier of the hugely popular snack...

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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’ rights.

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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...

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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...

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Eurozone Fashion to resume operations today

The operations of Joar Sahara’s Eurozone Fashion Limited will resume its manufacturing activities on Tuesday morning, that is today, said the factory’s officials...

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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’s Sreepur upazila Sunday morning...

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Abdul Bari Sheikh dies

Politician, social worker and writer Md Abdul Bari Sheikh died at Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Sunday...

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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...

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Inclusive definition of ‘worker’ 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’s report offers insight into the changes that should be made to the existing legal framework...

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ATAB seeks govt help to curb air ticket prices

The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh has called for urgent government intervention to stop ‘syndicate’ control in the air ticket market, which has led to abnormal fare hikes and created hardship for migrant workers and general passengers...

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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...