Labour Ministry

Grameenphone contributes Tk 303.1 million to Labour Welfare Fund

Grameenphone contributes Tk 303.1 million to Labour Welfare Fund

Grameenphone has contributed around Tk 303.1 million (Tk 30.31 crore) amidst the ongoing global pandemic and economic instability, to the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation Fund under the Ministry ...

Employment database in the pipeline

Budget initiative Employment database in the pipeline

There will be all types of employment-related information including on creation of new job opportunities for the unemployed population of the country, education and training in the central database.

State minister for labour and employment Begum Monnujan Sufian

Geneva labour conference Official trip with 'relatives'

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

A child labourer handles an old tyre in Dhaka on 1 September 2019.

Govt signs agreements with 112 NGOs to eliminate child labour

The labour and employment ministry has signed agreements with 112 selected non-governmental organisations to eliminate child labour

Mujibul Haque Chunnu

Mujibul Haque new JaPa secretary general

Mujibul Haque Chunnu has been elected the secretary general of Jatiya Party (JaPa)

Dr Yunus

Dr Yunus sued for violating labour laws

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) has filed a criminal case against four people including Grameen Telecom chairman Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus for allegedly ...

Firefighters stand inside a Hashem Foods Ltd factory as burnt items are seen after a fire broke out, in Rupganj, Narayanganj district, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 9 July, 2021

52 deaths in Narayanganj fire CID finds evidence of 'irregularities' in running the factory

GI fences were the barriers on emergency exit to the staircases while flammable chemical substances, fine products and raw materials were stored at the production units

A jute mill worker whose salary of 15 weeks are in arrears holds a placard at a human chain programme in front of Khalishpur Jute Mills in Khulna on 1 May.

Factory owners' urged to pay workers' salaries, Eid bonus by 19 July

State minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian Tuesday urged the factory owners' to pay all the dues including salaries and Eid bonus of their workers within 19 July

Fire at Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj on 8 July

Factories do not comply with 60pc of ‘fire safety’ rules

A survey of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE) has revealed a disturbing image as it says the factories in most cases do not follow 60 per cent of the rules required ...