Day labourers

Representational image. Picture: Collected
Bangladesh

Chattogram labourer's body found 18 hours after being swept away in Bay

Shihab went missing around 4pm yesterday after being swept away by strong currents while bathing in the sea near the ghat

Braving the blistering heat, farmers work at a soybean field in Raipur of Lakshmipur on Friday. Farmers in many parts of the country have reduced their working hours to avoid working at noon, due to intense heat, as the heat wave has spread over the country’s 43 districts. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Day labourers toil as mercury rising

The labourers of Dhaka's open labour market work in diverse sectors, but getting 10 days of work in a month is a struggle. Photo: Noor A Alam.
Panorama

Dhaka’s open labour market: Tales of rising unemployment and displacement

Photo/TBS
Bangladesh

Here is why Khulna day labourers compromise on wage despite price hikes

HC grants bail to five day-labourers
Court

HC grants bail to five day-labourers

Workers wait to get hired at Cumilla's Kandirpar. The demand for the workers has not returned to normal as the country's economy struggles to recover from the blow of the pandemic. photo: TBS
Economy

Day labourers’ long wait to be hired in Cumilla