According to latest reports, the Labour Party has won a landslide victory with 412 seats.

Inflation, lack of any scope to avail government opportunities are among reasons for the desperate state of informal workers

Surely, the manner of Yunus’s sentencing does not add to the broader investor confidence in Bangladesh, and the data points already are not promising.

Even with low productivity, a Bangladeshi worker working an average of 14-15 hours a day produces $1,400 or more a month.

The debate over wage increase has risen at a time when the majority of people in the country are suffering due to skyrocketing commodity prices

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.

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.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 8, 2022) urged labour leaders not to approach foreigners and complain against the country. 

Qatar's population has swollen by almost 40 per cent since the emirate was chosen to the host the 2022 World Cup, official government figures have revealed.

State-run jute mills’ workers of Khulna have blockaded the road and railway in the district to press for their five-point demand. The blockade is running parallel to a strike they are observing since April 4.

US student Otto Warmbier has been given 15 years hard labour in North Korea for crimes against the state.

Only for a few hours on Friday mornings, Mizan and his brother Raihan were given time off work. They spent it playing cricket on the roof of Selim Super Market at Kaliganjbazar in Keraniganj.

The deal signed by Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur yesterday leaves a legacy of controversies and creates chances of corruption and labour exploitation like that during 2007-08, experts and industry insiders have said.

Saudi Arabia’s recruitment offices have decided to stop hiring Bangladeshi workers claiming that a supply crunch has raised costs, reports an Arab English daily, Arab News.

Known as “Rainbow Grandpa”, Huang’s artwork has kept the village safe as the surrounding area has been flattened.

At least six workers were killed, 30 injured and another 50 feared trapped under the rubble when the roof of a cement warehouse at Mongla in Bagerhat collapsed