Flight disruption pushes migrant workers to uncertainty about job
Several hundred passengers, mostly migrant workers, could not fly to their destinations due to flight disruption at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday and Saturday...
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Don鈥檛 leave workers behind in green transition: S Africa president
South Africa鈥檚 president Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirmed Monday the coal-dependent nation鈥檚 commitment to moving towards renewable energy but insisted that communities and workers must not lose out...
2 workers die while digging pond聽
Two workers died when a chunk of mud collapsed on them while excavating a pond with a dredger at Bishutara village of Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria early Thursday...
Death of migrant workers must be investigated
THE plights of exploited migrant workers have fallen on deaf ears of successive governments as the number of death in destination countries continues to increase. The Wage Earners and Welfare Board says that at least 4,261 Bangladeshis died abroad in July 2023鈥揓une 2024. Official statistics also report a staggering 41,053 death in 2002鈥�2021...
4,261 migrant workers return dead in a year
An increasing number of Bangladeshi migrants have been embracing unexpected death in destination countries as at least 4,261 bodies of migrant workers have...
GSF demands rationing system for garment workers
Leaders of the Garments Sramik Front on Friday at a protest rally in Dhaka demanded introduction of the rationing system for garment workers.
NGWF wants withdrawal of cases against garment workers
Leaders of the National Garment Workers' Federation on Thursday demanded the immediate withdrawal of 鈥榖aseless鈥� cases, filed against 20,000 garment workers during their movement for higher wages....
HC wants to know what actions have been taken
The High Court wanted to know within seven days what actions had been taken against those responsible for preventing several thousand workers from travelling to Malaysia despite having valid visas and other necessary documents...
BNP to launch another spell of simultaneous movement soon: Fakhrul
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Friday said that they, together with other opposition parties, would soon launch another round of simultaneous movement to oust the current 鈥榰surper鈥� Awami League government....
WP demands exemplary punishments of looters, corrupt people
Leaders of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the ruling Awami League-led alliance, on Tuesday at a protest rally called on the government to take steps to stop corruption, and demanded exemplary punishment of the looters and corrupt people...
Commission against graft demanded
Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon on Monday demanded the formation of a special commission to rein in rampant corruption...
Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims return
Grieving families kept a solemn vigil in the terminal of an Indian airport on Friday as the bodies of dozens of migrant workers killed in a Kuwait building fire returned home...
RWPB observes 20th anniversary
The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of Ganatantra Mancha, observed 20th founding anniversary with the vow to restore democracy on Friday...
Kuwait makes arrests over deadly fire as Indian families mourn
Kuwaiti authorities said on Thursday three people had been detained for suspected manslaughter over a building fire that killed 50 foreign workers, mostly Indians, and plunged relatives and friends into mourning...
Opposition call for voting rights restoration
Leaders of opposition political parties on Wednesday called to restore the people鈥檚 voting rights seized by the ruling Awami League...
Prof Yunus, 13 others charged
The Dhaka Special Judge鈥檚 Court-4 on Wednesday charged Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and 13 others with embezzlement of Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers鈥� Welfare Fund...
Labour leaders want allocation for RMG workers鈥� ration
Trade union leaders in the readymade garment sector on Tuesday criticised the proposed budget for the 2024-25 financial year for not allocating any fund to offer essential commodities to RMG workers at subsidised rates amid soaring prices of the items...
WP to hold nationwide protests against govt failures
The Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner in the Awami League-led alliance, will hold nationwide demonstrations on June 25, protesting against government鈥檚 failures, including price hikes of essential commodities, mass corruption, money laundering, and mismanagement in the banking sector...
Migrating workers provide wealth for world
EACH year, the International Organisation for Migration releases its World Migration Report. Most of these reports are anodyne, pointing to a secular rise in migration during the period of neoliberalism...
Samsung workers in South Korea stage first strike
Workers at tech giant Samsung Electronics in South Korea staged the first strike at the company on Friday, the head of a major union representing tens of thousands of people said...
Exploited worker recruitment costs must be refunded
THOUSANDS of migrant workers aspiring to work in Malaysia now face an uncertain future largely because of the irregularities and corruption in the recruitment process. As Malaysia decided to stop hiring migrant workers from Bangladesh in April, 50,004 aspirants failed to migrate to Malaysia after...
Commission for investigating misuse of power demanded
The Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Awami League-led alliance, on Wednesday called on the government to form a 鈥榮pecial commission鈥� for investigating corruptions and misuse of power of former chief of Bangladesh Army, Aziz Ahmed, and former inspector general of police, Benazir Ahmed...
Cheated workers uncertain over money refund
Aspiring migrant workers who have failed to go to Malaysia even after depositing larger amounts of money are now grappling with uncertainty over refund of the money from the agencies...
50,000 workers fail to migrate to Malaysia
The state minister for expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, said on Sunday that a total of 50,004 Bangladeshi aspirants failed to migrate to...
Criminalisation of politics blamed for economic crisis
Politicians and academics on Saturday at a discussion said that the economy of the country was facing a serious crisis for criminalisation of politics and...
HC seeks report on foreign workers, money taken out of Bangladesh
The High Court on Tuesday asked the Bangladesh Bank and other government authorities to submit reports on the number of foreign nationals working in Bangladesh and as to how they send their money to their respective countries...
Justified water share from India demanded
Politicians, academics, and river experts urged the government to secure a justified share of water from the common rivers, flowing between Bangladesh and...
Many workers in uncertainty as Malaysia shuts door
Malaysia is set to shut its door on foreign workers from the first day of the next month with many Bangladeshis waiting to travel to the country having completed their...
Left leaders for continued movement for democracy
Left-leaning leaders on Sunday at a discussion in Dhaka said that the movement for the establishment of a democratic and non-sectarian Bangladesh would continue...
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...
