Sri Lanka seeks to send more migrant workers to the EU
The 5th meeting of the Joint Readmission Committee between Sri Lanka and the European Community…
Browsing: Employment
Thawatchai Gapaha joins Amari Dhaka as Executive Chef
Dhaka, February 2019 – Famed Thai Chef Thawatchai Gapaha (Deaw) has now taken the role…
Jobs for Chawkbazar victims, families mulled: Minister
Dhaka, Feb 26 (UNB) – The government is planning to provide jobs to survivors and…
Poor quality employment a major challenge says ILO
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – A majority of the 3.3 billion people employed globally in 2018…
It is time to restore the wage share
Old economic ‘truths’ are being re-evaluated by economists and international organisations. Obsolete thoughts—such as that…
The hidden drama of domestic workers: Roma the movie
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Feb 18 2019 (IPS) – Roma, a 2018 Mexican film written and directed by…
Enforcing labour standards via EU free-trade agreements
The European Union is an extremely active international actor in the area of trade, being…
Bahrain authorities trying to solve Bramco wages problem
Bahrain authorities have stepped in to resolve an ongoing unpaid wages row in a company,…
Social Leadership Challenge workshop held at EWU
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – With a view to engaging students in bringing out solutions…
The right investments to address the human capital crisis
By Kristalina Georgieva Washington, DC – For 75 years, the World Bank has been at…
Age limit for govt jobs to be 35 from March: Obaidul
Dhaka, Feb 15 (UNB) – Awami League (AL) Secretary General Obaidul Quader on Friday said…
Innovative impact fund to create jobs for rural youth
Rome, 15 February 2019 – An impact fund with an innovative approach for attracting much-needed…
2 MPs want probe why pregnant UNO made OSD
Dhaka, Feb 11 – Two ruling party MPs on Monday demanded departmental probe into why…
Descendants block Shahbagh for FF quota
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Children and grandchildren of freedom fighters (FFs) on Friday blocked…
300 graduates, 26 cos at Bd Youth Leaders’ Career Fair 2019
Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) – The third Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) Career Fair held…
European citizens back unemployment reinsurance
Experts argue that European Monetary Union (EMU) has to be completed by ‘automatic fiscal stabilisers’.…
A human-centred agenda for the future of work
When the International Labour Organization (ILO) was founded 100 years ago in the aftermath of the first…
Task force to identify, bring foreign workers under tax net
The National Board of Revenue (NBR)is going to form a taskforce to identify the foreign…
Exclusive: Seven years jail for illegal recruiters
Special Correspondent Those who indulge in illegal recrutiment can be jailed for seven years and…
Bd Minister wants govt jobs as off-limits for Jamaat people
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq on Wednesday said a law will have to…
Demo at Shahbagh demanding reinstatement of FF quota
The children and grandchildren of Freedom Fighters (FF) on Tuesday formed a human chain blocking…
Uniform mortal remains repatriation cost for expats urged
Migrant Forum of Asia A call has gone out for unified rates across the GCC to…
Cabinet committee for journalists’ 9th wage board recast
The cabinet committee formed to review the Ninth Wage Board Award for journalists and employees…
Garment workers demand withdrawal of false cases
Dhaka, Jan 18 – ‘Bangladesh Garments Sromik Songhoti’ on Friday formed a human chain in…
Social dialogue key to fixing minimum wages: ILO
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office in Bangladesh has said it is encouraged by…
Govt revises wage structure of RMG workers
Gazette in 2-3 days with retrospective effect from Dec 1 Dhaka, Jan 13 – In…
German envoy for peaceful mechanism to resolve RMG issues
Dhaka, Jan 12 – German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz has laid emphasis on finding…
Bangladesh garment workers’ unrest on; 50 factories closed
Dhaka, Jan 12 –Readymade garment (RMG) workers demonstrated for a sixth consecutive day on Saturday…
Bd RMG workers staging demo again in capital, suburbs
At least 35 people were injured in clashes between garment workers and police in different…
50 injured as Bd garment workers police clash Near Dhaka
At least 50 people were injured in separate clashes between garment workers and police at…