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Laxmi, an employee with Pronto cleans a house with a broom in New Delhi, India, March 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra

In India, $1 housekeepers spark a consumer, worker frenzy despite safety risks

In a country with an entrenched culture of outsourcing household work, Indian start-ups Pronto and Snabbit and listed rival Urban Company are training thousands of domestic helpers

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Domestic worker protection on paper, welfare absent in reality

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Woman arrested in Barishal for pouring hot water on 14-year-old domestic worker

The girl, Mohona, was admitted at Gazipur's Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital after she fell sick due to torture at the former Biman CEO's house. File Photo: TBS

'Suffering severe mental trauma': Doctor on 11-year-old girl after alleged torture at Biman CEO's residence

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BILS demands exemplary punishment, medical treatment in Uttara domestic worker abuse case

‘Gravest rights’ violation’: MJF calls for stricter child protection laws after Uttara domestic worker abuse case

‘Gravest rights’ violation’: MJF calls for stricter child protection laws after Uttara domestic worker abuse case

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Experts urge labour reform as women expose deep inequalities in informal sectors

Speakers at a press conference this morning (31 May), organised at the Chattogram Press Club. Photo: Collected

Ctg child rights bodies demand justice in domestic worker Rahima’s 2019 rape case

Kalpana, currently admitted to DMCH’s Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit, greeted us on 29 January with a warm, radiating smile while petting a small month-old cat on her lap. Photo: Sadiqe Al Ashfaqe/TBS

The scars remain, but so does her smile: Kalpana's long walk to freedom

[Left] When Kalpana was rescued in October 2024. [Right] Kalpana set to be released from the hospital in 2025. Photos: Collected

Domestic worker abuse: 13-yr-old Kalpana smiles again, set to return home after surgery

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Teenage domestic worker dies after falling from building in Dhaka's Paltan

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House help falls to death from roof of 10-storey building in Dhaka

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Human Rights Forum calls for fair probe, trial into death of teenage maid at Daily Star executive editor's home