DHAKA, July 4, 2022 (BSS) - Integrated inspection teams, led by Bangladesh
Investment Development Authority (BIDA), have started inspecting multi-storey
commercial buildings
The government today asked all the owners of factories and industries, including those in the garments sector, to pay the due salary and bonus to their workers by July 7, three days ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Wage board coming for garment workers: The government will form a new wage board for the garment sector in response to the apparel workers' continued unrest in the previous four consecutive days, Lawmaker Shajahan Khan said today.
30th April, 2021 11:14:30 PM
Some day labourers squatting by the roadside look pensive as they are yet get any work amid the ongoing countrywide lockdown. The photo was taken from Ameen Bazar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Friday. -Reaz Ahmed Sumon
Despite working tirelessly in the factories amid the ongoing corona pandemic, thousands of workers have lost their jobs and as a result, they are passing days in utter miseries.
Against this backdrop, the International Workers Day or May Day will be observed in the country today when workers are losing jobs and being deprived of their rights.
Romesa Khatun joined as worker of Dragon Sweaters Factory in Dhaka in 1997 and worked there until the factory was closed on March 26, 2020 following the outbreak of coronavirus.