5:12 pm, Friday, 24 April 2026
Labour Issues

Minimum wage hardly followed in non-RMG export sectors

Workers in some sectors, like the shrimp and leather goods and footwear industries, get as low as Tk 6,700 and

Poverty drives Bangladesh coastal children to toil in shrimp industry

Second grader Mim goes to the local school regularly but often she has to leave it even before her classes

Euro area unemployment at 6.5pc in February

In February 2024, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5%, stable compared with January 2024 and down from 6.6%

ILO suggests Bangladesh implement labour reforms

The country director of International Labour Organisation in Bangladesh, Tuomo Poutiainen, on Sunday urged the government to implement the labour

Annual profits from forced labour amount to $236 billion: ILO

Total illegal profits generated from forced labour in the private economy amount to an estimated $236 billion annually, resulting from