International Labour Organisation (ILO)

The urgent need for a worker database

In the last one and a half decades, “digital Bangladesh” was probably one of the most uttered terms that is now found useless because of the absence of a digital information storage and management system in most sectors.
4 April 2025, 03:00 AM

Addressing women's labour market barriers key to Bangladesh’s growth

ILO country director says at the SANEM Annual Economists' Conference
23 February 2025, 14:46 PM

Roadmap is there to implement ILO conventions: commerce adviser

EU Ambassador Michael Miller calls on the adviser
3 December 2024, 13:39 PM

Wage inequality declined in two-thirds of countries since start of 21st century: ILO

Global real average wage growth has started to rise again as inflation progressively eases, ILO report finds
28 November 2024, 12:09 PM

Bangladesh got elected as member of governing body of ILO for 2024-2027

The election took place at the 112th session of the International Labour Conference held in Geneva
7 June 2024, 15:03 PM
13 June 2023, 13:37 PM

People’s income, inflation did not rise at same pace: Mannan

Income of people did not increase keeping pace with inflation in Bangladesh, Planning Minister MA Mannan said today.
2 November 2022, 14:09 PM

Global job vacancies to decline at year-end: ILO 

The outlook for global labour markets has worsened in recent months and current trends of job vacancies will decline and global employment growth will deteriorate significantly in the final quarter of 2022, according to the latest report of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
1 November 2022, 06:19 AM

ILO can help Bangladesh build skilled workforce: regional director

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) could help Bangladesh build a young and skilled workforce, said Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, regional director for Asia and Pacific for ILO.
18 October 2022, 10:58 AM

EU parliamentarians praise Bangladesh’s commitment to tackle child labour, workplace safety

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have warmly praised Bangladesh’s determination to meet its commitment to International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards.
23 April 2022, 16:14 PM

Int'l Girl Child Day: More efforts required to empower girls

The International Labour Organisation and Unicef have called on Bangladesh and its development partners to accelerate their efforts to empower girls and prepare them for the 21st century.
10 October 2018, 21:24 PM

CPD hails reform measures

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday lauded the reforms made after the Rana Plaza disaster to ensure workers' safety at
23 April 2016, 18:00 PM