workers

Labour and Employment Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain speaks at a labour rally in Savar’s Genda area on 19 July 2025. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

No owner has the right to blacklist workers: Adviser Sakhawat 

A formal directive be sent to all elite social clubs, making it mandatory for them to comply with the Labour Act and to contribute 0.5% of their profits to the workers’ welfare fund  

Bangladesh is the second-largest exporter of ready-made garments (RMG) in the world, generating over $47 billion in export earnings last fiscal year. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Assault on union leaders: Ctg prime mover workers end strike as cops suspended

Labour leaders and workers attend a rally, marking “May Day”, in front of Baroawlia Government Primary School in Chattogram’s Sitakunda on 9 May 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

No fair Bangladesh without fair treatment of workers: Shipbreaking labour leaders

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul. File Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia, Jordan have taken initiative to legalise undocumented Bangladeshi female workers: Asif Nazrul

Workers of Golden Son Limited in Chattogram's Karnaphuli upazila stages a demonstration by blocking the road for several hours on Sunday, 4 May 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Workers stage demo demanding unpaid wages, disrupting traffic in Ctg

The affected workers are employed at the Charagang, Kalagul, and Burjan tea gardens, as well as the Burjan factory — all operated under the Burjan Tea Company. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

2,500 tea workers face 20-week wage delay in Sylhet, announce road blockade tomorrow

A day labourer in the city. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

For millions in Bangladesh May Day means work for survival, no celebration

Representational image. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Bangladesh

213 workers killed, 170 injured in workplace accidents between Jan-Feb: Report

The current legal framework does not fully support the establishment of a Truth and Healing Commission focused on addressing post-conflict victimization. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Malaysia scam: HC enquires about action against recruiting agencies for failure to send over 17,000 workers

Six masons from Sylhet's Zakiganj upazila went missing for six days after going to work as bricklayers in Cox's Bazar on 16 April. Photos: Collected
Bangladesh

6 Sylhet bricklayers, who went 'missing' in Cox's Bazar, now reportedly in Indonesia

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Govt unveils new policy for outsourcing workers as Bengali New Year's gift

53 RMG factories yet to pay workers Eid bonus, 8 factories have not paid February salary
RMG

53 RMG factories yet to pay workers Eid bonus, 8 factories have not paid February salary

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam during a meeting with reporters at Gazipur on 13 March, 2025. Photo: TBS
Law & order

Do not block roads and create public nuisance: IGP