May Day

Police officers run past a fire during a left-wing May Day demonstration, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Berlin, Germany, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
World+Biz

Police, protesters clash during May Day rallies in Berlin

Protests hit other European capitals too, most notably Paris, where police made 46 arrests as garbage bins were set on fire and the windows of a bank branch were smashed

People attend the traditional May Day labour union march, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Paris, France, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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Protesters march in Paris and other French cities on May Day

Police officers detain demonstrators as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day, during a nationwide "full closure" imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion, in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
World+Biz

Turkish police detain hundreds at lockdown May Day marches

Photo: PR
Bangladesh

Jatiyo Sramik Federation calls for Tk20,000 minimum wage

Members of BGIWF stages human-chain protest (symbolic) to celebrate International Workers' Day at Mirpur-12 in the capital on 1 May. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

BGIWF demands salary, Eid bonus to be cleared by 8 May

Labour organisations rally in front of National Press Club. Photo: Joynal Abedin Shishir
Bangladesh

May Day: Workers’ groups rally in the capital

Photo: Hindustan Times
World+Biz

May Day 2021: Know history and significance of Labour Day

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Bangladesh

May Day: Labour rights at stake amid pandemic

Photo: Saikat Bhadra /TBS
Analysis

We wait for that Shining City on the Hill