Amazon orders workers back to office full-time
Amazon is telling its thousands of corporate workers to return to the office five days a week, the company鈥檚 CEO Andy Jassy said in a staff memo on Monday...
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Menon placed on 3-day fresh remand
The president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and former civil aviation and tourism minister, Rashed Khan Menon, has been placed on a three-day remand for attacking Mirza Abbas, national standing committee member of BNP, during an election campaign in Shegun Bagicha, Dhaka area on December 15, 2018.
Tea workers demand wage of Tk 500 a day
The tea workers on Sunday at separate protest rallies in Moulvibazar demanded the cancellation of the new gazette and the minimum daily wage of a worker Tk 500.
Boeing and striking workers to resume negotiations 鈥榥ext week鈥�
Talks between Boeing and striking US factory workers are due to resume early next week under a federal mediator, the government said Friday, after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject an earlier proposal from the embattled aviation giant...
Wage of Tk 500 a day for tea workers demanded
The Conscious Students and Youth of the Tea Gardens, a platform for tea workers鈥� rights, on Friday staged a human chain, demanding the cancellation of the current 鈥榰njustified鈥� wage...
219 factories remain shut amid workers鈥� unrest
Production in 219 factories remained suspended since Thursday morning as workers in some factories continue strike and authorities of some other factories declared holiday due to unrest...
Inu, Menon, Palak, ex-IGP Mamun sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president Hasanul Haq Inu, Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon, ex-state minister for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palak and ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun to jail in expiry of their remand period.
Kenya airport workers begin strike against Adani takeover
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya鈥檚 main airport on Wednesday as staff went on an open-ended strike over a planned takeover by India鈥檚 Adani Group...
3 construction workers die in Khulna
Three construction workers died after falling from an under-construction building in front of Khulna Government Women's College at Boyra in Khulna city on Tuesday.
Trial of killers of garment workers demanded
The mass inquiry committee on killing of garment workers in 2023 on Saturday demanded trials of killers of garment workers during the movement of wage increase and demanded adequate compensations for the affected families...
Tea workers鈥� rights must be protected
TEA workers, the most exploited section of the labour force, in Moulavibazar have taken to the streets, demanding their unpaid wages. About 1,500 workers of the state-owned National Tea Company Ltd on September 6 rallied demanding their wages unpaid for three weeks. Workers at the rally said that their families were starving as the company has...
RWP wants to establish rights of the working class people
The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Ganatantra Mancha, said that it wanted to establish rights of workers and the working class people during rule of the...
Four workers die falling from under-construction building
Four construction workers died after they had fallen from two separate under-construction buildings in Uttara and Badda areas in the capital on Thursday.
Kenya protest against Adani鈥檚 airport deal could turn into anger against India: Congress leader
The Indian National Congress on Tuesday cautioned that protests against Adani Group 鈥榯aking over鈥� operations of Kenya鈥檚 Nairobi airport could turn public sentiment in the African nation against India, after members of Kenya Aviation Workers Union had called for protests over plans by the Kenyan government to strike an investment deal with India鈥檚 Adani Group to...
Genuine grievances of apparel workers should be heeded
THE labour unrest in the apparel sector that began on September 2, which continued on September 3, and forced a few dozen units to suspend operation, warrants early attention and a logical solution. The joint operation that the government initiated on September 3 appears a flawed approach and is unlikely to result in long-term stability. Apparel workers...
A doctor brutally killed
ON AUGUST 8, a 31-year-old doctor at the RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata (West Bengal, India) finished her 36-hour shift at the hospital, ate dinner with her colleagues and went to the college鈥檚 seminar hall to rest before her next shift...
Inu on remand, Menon face fresh remand
Two Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Courts on Tuesday placed Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister of the then Awami League government...
Australia gives millions of workers 鈥榬ight to disconnect鈥�
Australia gave millions of workers the legal right to 鈥榙isconnect鈥� on Monday, allowing them to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours calls, emails and texts from their bosses...
Textile workers block highway in Gazipur
Workers of a textile mill on Saturday blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Sreepur to press their demands, including the job security, proper profit sharing and holidays.
Rashed Khan Menon placed on five-day remand
A Dhaka Court on Friday placed the Workers Party of Bangladesh president and former minister of the Awami League-led government, Rashed Khan Menon, on five-day remand in a...
Rashed Khan Menon arrested
The Workers Party of Bangladesh president and former minister of the Awami League-led government Rashed Khan Menon on Thursday was arrested in a murder case filed with the New Market police station on August 21...
Protests widen over Indian doctor鈥檚 rape, murder
Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans and lawyers, called for justice on Monday after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers entered a second week...
UN warns of 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� level of violence against aid workers
The United Nations on Monday condemned 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� levels of violence that are now commonplace against humanitarian workers after a record 280 were killed worldwide in 2023...
RMG rights bodies demand trials of workers鈥� murderers
Leaders of Garment Workers鈥� Trade Union Centre and Garments Sramik Front on Friday at two separate rallies in Dhaka demanded trials of killers of the workers killed...
32nd anniv of Menon murder attempt today
The Workers Party of Bangladesh, an ally of the Awami League-led alliance, will observe the Anti-Terrorism Day to mark the 32nd anniversary of the attempt on the life of its president...
Bangladesh interim govt head Yunus, 13 others relieved of graft charges
The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 on Sunday relieved 14 people, including interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and health adviser Nurjahan Begum, of a case filed on charges of embezzlement of Tk 25.22 crore from the Grameen Telecom Workers鈥� Welfare Fund...
IndustriALL calls on Bangladeshi RMG makers to protect workers鈥� rights, wages
IndustriALL, a global union federation representing over 50 million workers across 140 countries, has urged Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel manufacturers to ensure the protection of workers鈥� rights and wages during the recent unrest and curfew period in the country...
Political parties protest at sectarian attacks, vandalism
Leaders of different political parties on Wednesday welcoming the victory of students鈥檓ovements called on the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to stop countrywide political and sectarian attacks on religious minorities and vandalisms...
Workers鈥� Party calls for resolving student movement thru dialogue
The Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner in the Awami League-led alliance, called for resolving the ongoing student movements in the country through dialogue with the government...
Garment Sramik Samhati demands workers鈥� safety, security
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati in a statement on Wednesday called on the Awami League government to ensure safety and security of the garment workers as apparel factories were open countrywide...
