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Rana Plaza, 13 years on: the fight for safe work and corporate accountability must continue 2026-04-27 [IndustriAll Europe]

Rana Plaza – 13 years on the fight for safe workplaces is not over 2026-04-25 [UNI]

13 years on: Rana Plaza victims still demand justice 2026-04-25 [The New Nation]

Photo exhibition at Shilpakala to honours resilience of industrial disaster victims 2026-04-25 [UNB]

A failure that risks normalising impunity 2026-04-25 [Bangi News]

Compensate the survivors, ensure justice 2026-04-25 [The Daily Star]

Rana Plaza Tragedy: Calls for rehabilitation of victims, justice renewed 2026-04-25 [The New Age]

13 years of Rana Plaza tragedy: Workers rally in Savar demanding justice amid tribute 2026-04-25 [UNB]

Garment Workers’ Movement marks Rana Plaza day 2026-04-25 [The Tribune]

Rana Plaza’s legacy still tests brand safety vows 2026-04-25 [Ecotextile News]

Rana Plaza Collapse Anniversary 2026-04-25 [Reuters]

13 years after Rana Plaza, the dead are mourned and the living still suffer 2026-04-25 [The Daily Star]

Rana Plaza collapse: Trials in five cases still unfinished after 13 years 2026-04-25 [The Business Standard]

13 Years After Rana Plaza Collapse, Root Causes of ‘Death Traps’ Persist 2026-04-25 [The Sourcing Journal]

Bus services resume in C'nawabganj as workers call off strike 2026-04-25 [Jago News 24]

Thirteen years on: the Accord that changed an industry 2026-04-24 [IndustriALL]

Clash erupts in Rajshahi over control of motor workers’ union office 2026-04-24 [UNB]

Thirteen years on: the Accord that changed an industry 2026-04-23 [IndustriALL]

Rana Plaza: 13 years on—remembering the workers, renewing the fight for safety 2026-04-23 [USW]

Rana Plaza, 12 years on: Women garment workers still pay the hidden cost of global fashion 2026-04-22 [Lens]

Commuters suffer as Kushtia bus workers enforce indefinite strike 2026-04-18 [The New Nation]

New labour law in Bangladesh a game changer for worker rights 2026-04-15 [UNI Global Union]

ILO Roadmap is Stalling 2026-04-14 [IndustriALL]

3 unions can be formed in a factory 2026-04-13 [Prothom Alo]

Labor (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Passed in Parliament 2026-04-11 [Business in Bangladesh]

Shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh to benefit from new injury insurance scheme 2026-04-02 [IndustriALL]

Fuel supply to 8 northern districts disrupted as tanker workers go on strike 2026-03-30 [The Business Standard]

Fuel supply to Rangpur division halted as tanker workers go on strike 2026-03-30 [News 24]

Occupational Hazards in Lead-acid Battery Factories in Bangladesh: Assessing Excess Heat, Noise, Chemical Exposures, and Health Impacts on Workers 2026-03-22 [PubMed]

Families of motor workers members get financial aid in Naogaon 2026-03-14 [BSS]

Bangladesh Garment Workers Form First Union Under New Law For more info 2026-03-12 [https://www.solidaritycenter.org/]

Bus Workers Call Indefinite Strike on 5 Routes in Bhola 2026-03-09 [Business Times]

Confronting gender inequality in Bangladesh’s labour laws 2026-03-07 [The Daily Star]

Domestic Workers win legal status in Bangladesh 2026-03-04 [Solidarity Center]

Press freedom critical for resurrection of Bangladesh’s democracy 2026-02-11 [IFJ]

Chittagong port remains paralysed on second day, workers warn of indefinite strike 2026-02-01 [The Daily Sun]

Ctg port workers' strike suspends operations 2026-01-31 [Just News]

Ctg Port paralysed by strike over NCT deal as workers defy warnings 2026-01-31 [The Business Standard]

Bangladesh Garment Workers Expand Workplace Rights with Solidarity Center Support For more info 2026-01-26 [Solidarity Center]

A deadly night at sea: when dishonesty, legal gaps and unsafe practices cost workers' their lives 2026-01-22 [IndustriALL]

Striving for Workers’ Safety, Voice, and Just Transition 2026-01-19 [The Daily Star]

Speakers urge action to protect domestic workers’ rights 2026-01-14 [The Financial Express]

Labour leaders propose 15-point manifesto for workers ahead of polls 2026-01-08 [The Financial Express]

Hotel workers threaten strike over unpaid minimum wage 2026-01-05 [UNB News]

Echoes of unity: EWCSA's enduring call for collective bargaining among informal women workers 2025-12-30 [The Tribune]

Unsung heroes: Women workers build a national platform to claim rights 2025-12-23 [The Tribune]

What the new labour ordinance means for workers 2025-12-13 [The Daily Star]

Shipbreaking workers' union demands Tk 36,000 minimum wage 2025-12-13 [The Daily Star]

Solidarity Center Achieves Worker Rights Boost in Bangladesh For more info 2025-12-11 [Solidarity Center]

Women workers demand rights and recognition as inequalities laid bare at EU-Oxfam event 2025-12-11 [UNB]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

4-04-2012 Aminul Islam, creator of unions in the textile industry in Dhaka which produces clothing for the big brands, is kidnapped, beaten and tortured. His body, found on the side of the road, is burned and buried by the police in a mass grave. [more]

24-04-2013 1134 garment workers, most of them women, die and 2500+ are injured in the Rana Plaza factory disaster. The building collapse is believed to be the most deadly garment industry workplace mass murder in history. [more]

25-04-2013 100,000s of garment workers walked out in protest of the previous day's building collapse which killed over 1,000. They barricaded roads, fought police and attacked factories, shops and garment bosses' HQ. [more]