Police have sought 10-day remand for Hifazat-e Islam leader Mufti Muhammad Wakkas in each of the two sabotage cases lodged against him.
Tag: Manpower
Iraq to recruit workers from Bangladesh; MoU signed
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on manpower recruitment from Bangladesh by Iraq was signed here on Saturday.
RMG workers demand minimum wage of Taka 8000
Terming the new Labour Law a ‘weapon’ to persecute the workers, speakers at a roundtable discussion on Wednesday said the government formulated the law only to serve interests of the owners.
WB project provides support for job creation
The World Bank in cooperation with UK-DFID and IFC is supporting the government to develop new economic zones in Bangladesh through the Private Sector Development Support Project (PSDSP).
Hotel, restaurant workers for wages, bonus before Ramadan 27
Hotel and restaurant workers on Saturday demanded that their wages, arrears and Eid bonus be paid before the 27th Ramadan.
30K more workers to sent in Malaysia in 3 months
Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry on Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment on Wednesday expressed the optimism that 30,000 Bangladeshi workers could be sent to Malaysia within next three months after the Eid.
LGED makes destitute women self-employed in Narsingdi
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has created job opportunities for 140 destitute rural women of Narsingdi Sadar upazla under the ‘Rural Employment and Road Maintenance Project’ (RERMP).
Country receives US$ 14,461.14mn remittance in last FY
The remittance inflow in the country has stood at US$ 1,007.32 million as of July 26, according to the central bank’s provisional figure.
Korean firm to help create 2,000 new entrepreneurs
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Youngone Corporation Kihak Sung has assured the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) of providing trainings and other related cooperation from Youngone to create 2,000 new entrepreneurs in Bangladesh.
BGMEA members to work together sector’s survival
BGMEA President M Atiqul Islam on Thursday said their members want to work together for the survival of the country’s RMG sector instead of blaming each other.
People have started rejecting hartal:FBCCI
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Thursday said there is no need to enact any law to ban hartal as people themselves have already started coming out to stop it.
4-day border conference ends at Benapole
A four-day border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) concluded at Benapole in Jessore on Saturday.
Rana, 5 garment owners responsible for casualties: BGMEA
BGMEA, the association of ready-made garment factory owners, has held the promoter of Rana Plaza and owners of five garment factories it housed as responsible for the casualties and recommended punishment for them.
Remittance hits $1,194.40m in Apr, $ 1,087.19m in May
The country received $ 1,087.19 million in remittance during the month of May this year from wage earners abroad with the highest mount of $ 256.56 million coming from Saudi Arabia.
‘Use Wal-Mart fortune to stop worker deaths’
The multi-million dollar dog and pony show that is Wal-Mart’s Annual Meeting started off on its usual celebratory note on Friday morning with 14,000 workers and shareholders cheering and whooping along with host Hugh Jackman, the Hollywood star, and musical…
Primark begins compensating for Savar Tragedy
Primark started the process of paying compensation to thousands of workers and their families who were involved in the Rana Plaza factory disaster, as campaigners said retailers must do more to protect workers` rights.
Walmart, Gap standards for RMG factories safety
Top US companies are now in negotiations to agree on new safety standards for their clothing-producing contractors in Bangladesh, a month after a garment factory’s collapse in Dhaka killed more than 1,100 workers.
Saudi Amnesty: One lakh B’deshis get consular services
Bangladesh missions in Riyadh and Jeddah have extended consular services to over 100,000 Bangladesh nationals till Thursday evening since the declaration of an amnesty by the Saudi government.
Faridpur remittance fair attracts large crowd
A 2-day expatriate banking and remittance fair held from May 24 to 25 at Ambika Moida in Fairdpur targeting to channelize remittance through banking, has fetched huge crowd. A total of 15 commercial banks have demonstrated their expatriate banking and…
RMG workers withdraw city blockade
Readymade garment workers withdrew their protest programme of road blockade on Monday after five-hour as they were given assurance to meet their demands.
Workers protest, abstain for RMG pay rise
The agitated readymade garment workers went on strike demanding salary increase on Saturday morning and the authorities of garments shut their factories.
Government will constitute a RMG wage board next week
The government will constitute a wage board next week to fix the new salary structure of the readymade garment workers.
Oman to recruit over 500 physicians: Minister
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said Oman will recruit over 500 professional physicians from Bangladesh alongside general workers.
‘BD may lose Malaysian manpower market’
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agency (BAIRA) president Shah Jalam Majumder categorically said that Bangladesh might lose the labour market in Malaysia due to interference of a third party.
FBCCI for review of ban on pvt manpower export
Trade bodies of the country’s apparel sector on Tuesday urged the political parties concerned to withdraw their May 8-9 hartal for the sake of the readymade garment industry and the economy as a whole.
Saudi Arab to consider iqama transfer for BD
Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, assured to take necessary measures to facilitate iqama transfer of Bangladeshi workforce in the Kingdom.
Tk 30m donated for Savar victims
Different organisations and individuals donated Tk over 30 million to therelief fund of the Prime Minister for the Savar victims.
RMG unrest: BGMEA meet ministers, labour leaders
Leaders of the Bangladesh Garment Manufactures and Exporters Association (BGMEA) sat in a fresh meeting with a number of ministers and labour leaders on Friday night to discuss the next course of actions hours after holding a press conference.
Greece to provide ‘support to B’deshi workers’
Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection of Greece Nikolaos Dendias has assured the Bangladesh Ambassador there of providing adequate safety and security to Bangladeshi workers in Nea Manolada and the neighboring areas.
6,919 Bangladeshis UN peacekeeping missions
A total of 6,919 members of the armed forces are now engaged in the UN peacekeeping missions, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni told Parliament on Tuesday.