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Books exploring workers’ rights in South Asia
In order to understand the background of the labour movements in South Asia or the plight of workers, here are some books to add to your reading list.
5 books to read for International Workers’ Day
Concentrating on women workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan, Women and Work in South Asia also tackles the advancement of individual corporate sectors due to the involvement of women workers.
Remittance is once again our saving grace
There is still scope to increase remittance inflow through the official channel
Robbing the migrants blind
Employers, host countries must be held accountable for wage theft
Tell me about problems instead of complaining to foreigners: PM to labour leaders
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 8, 2022) urged labour leaders not to approach foreigners and complain against the country.
Voices of the People Keeping Food on Our Tables
Eight individuals, who shared their experiences of risk, determination, resilience, and hope.
Jute mill workers take to streets for arrears
The demonstration for arrears by state-owned jute mill workers turned violent once again as agitators vandalised at least 50 vehicles while blocking roads in Dhaka’s Demra yesterday, police said.
Demand to hike budget for migrants, their families
Activists have demanded that the government increase budgetary allocation for migrants and their families in the upcoming national budget of 2016-17.
CPD lauds safety steps at factories, says more needs done
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) lauds the reforms in ensuring safety standard at garment factories in three years, following Rana Plaza disaster, and adds that more needs to be done.
Bangladesh jute sector gets Tk 1,000cr boost
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the finance ministry to allocate Tk 1,000 crore to the textiles and jute ministry for arrear salaries and wages of jute mill workers and modernisation of the state-owned jute mills to make them profitable.
Govt allocates Tk 1,000cr to pay jute mills workers
The government has allocated Tk 1,000 crore to buy jute and clear the dues of the workers of state-run jute mills amid an ongoing strike and agitation in Khulna.
Public safety ignored
Construction of the massive 8.7km Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover in the capital without adequate safety measures is putting the workers' lives and public safety in great danger, said experts.
Not a worker to be hired by KL
Following a series of controversies, Malaysian deputy prime minister yesterday said the initial plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi
5 Bangladeshis killed in Riyadh road crash
Five Bangladeshi workers are killed and two others injured when a trailer hit their bus as they were going to their workplace in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.
2 die falling into fuel tank in Narayanganj
Two people died as they fell into a fuel tank at a filling station in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj
200 workers complain of cheating
Over 200 Bangladeshi migrant workers, who have been repatriated by their employer from Iraq, yesterday brought allegations of cheating against their recruiting agency and demanded proper compensation from it.
EPZs may get trade unions; draft law approved
Cabinet gives final approval to the draft of the ‘The Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law, 2016’ keeping a provision for constituting labour organisations in the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) as well as forming a permanent wage board for their workers.
Fresh hope for 2 lakh expatriates
More than two lakh undocumented Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia are set to be regularised, with the legalisation procedure expected to begin next week. The process will go on simultaneously with the recently-agreed recruitment of 1.5 million fresh Bangladeshi workers, said sources in Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.
Lawsuit, protest over Sylhet twin murder
Lawsuit filed against unknown assailants over Sylhet city twin murder. Co-workers of the victims protest demanding capital punishment.