Garment Workers’ Trade Union Centre on Tuesday said many readymade garment factories have not yet implemented the new wage board for workers. The minimum wages for the garment workers, effective from January, have been set at Tk. 5,300.
Category: Manpower
Workers seek arrears, min wage
Police have baton-charged and dispersed workers of a garment factory blocking the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar, near Dhaka City, demanding their unpaid wages for the months of November and December.
Blacklist errant manpower agencies too, activists tell Malaysian govt
Alyaa Alhadjri Petaling Jaya: Home Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s announcement that more than 2,400 undocumented migrants were arrested in the first 24 hours of the nationwide 6P Integrated Operation on January 21 has raised questions over…
225 Bangladeshis held in Malaysia
Dhaka – Some 225 Bangladeshis have been held after a series of drives against irregular migrants in Malaysia, reports Malaysian media on Tuesday. A total of 1,565 illegal immigrants have been arrested by authorities under ‘Ops Sepadu’ drive, which started…
Remittance inflow US$ 6,788.57mn in 6 months
The remittance inflow in the country over the first half of the current fiscal (2013-14) from July to December last stood at US$ 6,788.57 million, according to the latest statistics released by the central bank on Thursday.
Transport workers beaten by JP lawmaker Tipu
A truck driver and helper were beaten and the vehicle damaged by Golam Kibria Tipu, JP (Ershad) lawmaker and candidate for upcoming election during his campaign at Agarpur School area under Barisal-3 (Babuganj-Muladi) constituency on Monday morning.
Employment generation programme continues successfully
The first phase of the special Employment Generation Project for the Poorest (EGPP) at Taka 124.69 crore continues successfully benefiting the poorer section people in Rangpur division, official and local sources said.
Garments training solve unemployment stressed
Speakers in a function here on Monday stressed the need for conducting training on garments among the unemployed youths to solve their unemployment problems to help build a poverty and hunger free country.
Maximum use of cultivable land can ensure food security
The nation can attain food security through ensuring maximum utilisation of its cultivable land area adopting the latest technologies and newer cropping patterns to produce more crops despite climate change.
Bali WTO meet: Rights groups for free labour movement
Rights activists on Thursday urged the government to emphasise free movement of labour in the upcoming WTO ministerial meet to be held in Bali, Indonesia on December 3-6.
Socio-economic uplift of womenfolk stressed
Speakers in a function here on Monday stressed the need for socio-economic upliftment of womenfolk and their enhanced participation in overall activities of the country to push forward the nation towards development.
Skop demands review of minimum RMG wage structure
Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (Skop) on Sunday demanded a review of the minimum wage board’s recommendation for raising the garment workers’ minimum wage to Tk 5,300.
NSP progresses creating jobs for unemployed youths
The second phase of the epoch-making National Service Programme (NSP) has been progressing successfully creating jobs for the unemployed educated male and female youths in Rangpur division.
Wrok suspended in 9 factories as RMG workers protest in Gazipur
Production in nine garment factories in Savar and Gazipur district was suspended for Thursday following workers’ demonstration demanding implementation the new salary structure recommended by the government-appointed wage board for the workers.
Discussion on Women in RMG to be held on Wednesday
A daylong consultation on ‘the Women in the Readymade Garment (RMG) Sector of Bangladesh’ will be held in the capital on Wednesday aiming to identifying various challenges of women facing in everyday life in the garment factories.
Malayasia offers a chance to legalise 30,000 Bangladeshi expatriates
As many as 30,000 Bangladeshi expatriates are likely to be legalised as the Malaysian government has offered an opportunity to illegal expatriates.
ILO to launch prog to improve factory safety
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme on Tuesday, aiming to improve workplace conditions in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector.
Pharmacy owners go on strike
Drugstore owners kept their shutters down across the country on Thursday to press home their eight-point demand, including the release of their fellowmen arrested on charge of selling fake and date-expired medicines.
SAP solutions for RMG sector
The German multinational software corporation, SAP, is offering technological solutions to help run Bangladesh’s burgeoning garment industry better.
Assessor training course on ISO 15189 from 3-7 Nov
Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is organizing an assessor training course on ISO 15189 with a view to developing competent medical laboratory experts and enhancing the national capability in medical testing from 03-07 November 2013 at Hotel Ruposhi Bangla, Dhaka.
Yunus urges youths to create poverty-free world
Dhaka – Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus at a concert in New York has urged a gathering of 50,000 youths to create a world without poverty, without unemployment, and without any need for people to live on state charity.
Rally around garment workers, Yunus urges fashion world
Highlighting the pitiable condition of garment workers, Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged the fashion leaders and designers to stand up in solidarity with them all over the world.
Shipping Minister urges RMG workers to join work
Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Monday urged all the garment workers to get back to their work as the factories which have been shut following labour unrest reopen on Tuesday.
Unrest forces production suspension at 100 Gazipur RMG units
Gazipur – Production at over 100 garment factories in several parts of the district was suspended for a day on Sunday following labour unrest.
Registration to send workers aboard begins Sept 22
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday said the registration process to send Bangladeshi workers abroad will begin on September 22.
RMG unrest: Production at 10 factories suspended in Gazipur
Production at 10 garment factories in Hotapara and Monipur areas of Sadar upazila was suspended for a day on Tuesday following labour unrest.
Emirates appoints Area Manager in BD
DHAKA: Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has appointed Khalid Ali J Hassan as new Area Manager for Bangladesh.
BD-Panama deal in Oct for creating jobs for seamen
Bangladesh and Panama will sign a bilateral agreement in October bringing an opportunity for Bangladeshi seamen to get jobs in Panama-flag carrying vessels. Panama, which is the world leader in shipping registry with a total of 9,000 ships worldwide, will…
New Malaysian visitor visa plan for Bangladeshis
Malaysia will deal with applications for visitor visas for Bangladeshis through a one-stop centre in Dhaka starting from Oct 1.
Police seek remand of Mufti Wakkas
Police have sought 10-day remand for Hifazat-e Islam leader Mufti Muhammad Wakkas in each of the two sabotage cases lodged against him.