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Health

Harmful asbestos found in local cement sheets, brake shoes

Asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral, can cause serious lung diseases like mesothelioma and cancer

Construction workers at the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project. As many megaprojects have now been completed or are nearing completion, thousands of such workers now find themselves out of a job. PHOTO: Syed Zakir Hossain
Panorama

Where do construction workers go once megaprojects are finished?

A six member Scottish Cross-Party Parliamentary Group (CPG) called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence on Monday (20 November). Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Scotland keen to take construction workers from Bangladesh

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Bangladesh

3 construction workers die from electrocution in B'baria

9 workers injured as roof of under-construction building collapses in Jashore
Bangladesh

9 workers injured as roof of under-construction building collapses in Jashore

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Bangladesh

2 construction workers die after falling off building in Dhaka

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Bangladesh

Qatar to recruit construction workers from mid 2023

US President Joe Biden speaks about a US Special Forces operation in Northern Syria against ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, US, 3 February, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
USA

Biden to sign executive order boosting rights of 200,000 construction workers

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Bangladesh

Compensation eludes workplace deaths

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Bangladesh

Construction workers demand pension scheme, rationing

A man spraying water on bricks piled up for use at a construction site. The photo was taken in Gabtoli; Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash/TBS
Features

When the sound of the hammer drill recedes

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Panorama

As construction industry hibernates, workers struggle to survive

Construction workers at health risk due to mismanagement
Videos

Construction workers at health risk due to mismanagement