Modern slavery is present in basically every country in the world, with more than half of cases of forced labour and a quarter of forced marriages in upper-middle income or high-income countries
International Labour Organization members decided Saturday to send a mission to China amid allegations of discrimination against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang ...
A convoy of 43 delegates from Bangladesh is going to Geneva in Switzerland on a 16-day tour to take part in the International Labour Conference
Child labour must be stopped by making proper use of the law for the physical and mental development of children. Children from extremely poor families are being deprived of universal education or ...
The issue was discussed when ILO Bangladesh country director Tuomo Poutiainen called on FBCCI president Md Jashim Uddin at his office
Speakers at the dialogue, 'Role of technology in the fight against child marriage and child labour,' organised by the non-government organisation BRAC on the occasion of the International Day of the ...
After drugs and arms smuggling, human trafficking is the third largest underground business. Its network is worldwide
Globally, between 2019 and 2020, 4.2 per cent of women's employment was eliminated as a result of the pandemic, representing a drop of 54 million jobs, compared to 3 per cent of men’s employment or ...
At least 168 workers died in factory fires between 2018 and 7 July 2021. Of them 167 workers were from the non-RMG sector. The fire incident injured more than 300 non-RMG workers and at least 40 RMG ...
The concerned regulatory bodies seem responsive only when a massive industrial disaster happens. After a few days, the irregularities continue as they were
ILO is shocked and saddened by the tragic incident of a fire at Hashem Food and Beverage factory in Rupganj of Narayanganj which caused the loss of life of at least 52 workers
Bangladesh has been reelected deputy member of the governing body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) from the Asia-Pacific region for the term 2021-2024.
Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2000
The labour ministry fails to proceed with a Tk284 crore project meant for pulling 100,000 children out of hazardous jobs
During the seven-day all-out lockdown in the country, mills and factories will be kept open, adhering strictly to the health protocol
