labourers

A roundtable titled "Interim Government: Ongoing Worker Unrest, Worker Rights, and What We Need to Do" held on 23 November 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Garment workers put forward 8-point demand including ration system

'There is a need for a ration card system to provide essential commodities like rice, lentils, and oil at affordable prices to garment workers'

Debapriya at a meeting with labour leaders today (30 September) in the Planning Commission. Photo: Saif Uddin/TBS
Economy

Labourers did not get their fair share in country's dev: Debapriya

A farm in Italy. Photo: Collected
Europe

Italian police free 33 Indian farm labourers from 'slavery'

Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Bangladesh

May Day: The miles yet to be covered

The incident took place around 4am Sunday when a 150-metre-long portion of the four-and-a-half-kilometer-long tunnel collapsed. Rescue operations are underway. Photo: Hindustan Times
South Asia

Nearly 40 labourers trapped as under-construction tunnel collapses in India

The labourers of Dhaka's open labour market work in diverse sectors, but getting 10 days of work in a month is a struggle. Photo: Noor A Alam.
Panorama

Dhaka’s open labour market: Tales of rising unemployment and displacement

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Wages of labourers increase 6 to 8 times: Hasan

Photo: Collected
Economy

Govt committed to ensure rights, fair wages for labourers: Law Minister

13 labourers crushed to death by Truck in India
South Asia

13 labourers crushed to death by Truck in India

Workers wait to get hired at Cumilla's Kandirpar. The demand for the workers has not returned to normal as the country's economy struggles to recover from the blow of the pandemic. photo: TBS
Economy

Day labourers’ long wait to be hired in Cumilla

Representational picture File Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS
Bazaar

1,000 Chattogram labourers to leave for haors to harvest paddy 

Ship-breaking labourers joined work amid coronavirus risk
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Ship-breaking labourers joined work amid coronavirus risk

Photo: Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

India to quarantine labourers to curb Covid-19 infection