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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Result of judicial review further strengthens the need for an empowered CORE to ensure corporate accountability of Canadian companies [USW] 2025-12-16

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

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

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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]

Result of judicial review further strengthens the need for an empowered CORE to ensure corporate accountability of Canadian companies 2025-12-16 [USW]

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]

Adviser calls for official recognition of women’s work 2025-12-10 [The Tribune]

RMG workers part of trade unions get 10% higher wages: BIDS 2025-12-09 [Fibre2Fashion]

Night work, overtime and work conditions for women 2025-12-02 [The New Age]

It’s been 12 years since Rana Plaza. Why is Amazon still refusing to protect Bangladeshi garment workers? 2025-11-28 [Progressive International]

A decade after Rana Plaza, workers still die for fast fashion, Amazon can change that, but won’t 2025-11-28 [Maktob Media]

Layoffs, EPZ move put tannery workers at risk, say union leaders 2025-11-26 [UNB]

Mass criminal cases filed against 48,000 garment workers after pay protest are dropped 2025-11-26 [BHRRC]

Workers deported from Ansell-linked Malaysian factory after abuse allegations 2025-11-23 [ABC]

Structured dialogue key to resolving industrial disputes: Experts 2025-11-21 [The New Nation]

Bangladeshi workers in Ansell’s supply chain face deportation 2025-11-21 [Green Left Weekly]

Landmark ratifications in Bangladesh towards a future of work with safe and healthy environments, free from violence and harassment 2025-11-21 [ILO]

Ctg Port transport workers block road protesting at extortion, assault 2025-11-20 [The New Age]

Childhood choked by brick kilns in Dhamrai 2025-11-20 [Bangi News]

Govt issues gazette allowing trade unions with minimum 20 workers; apparel sector leaders reject move 2025-11-19 [The Business Standard]

Revised labour law allows trade union formation with 20 workers in small factories 2025-11-19 [BDNews]

Sanitation Workers in Dhaka Demand Reinstatement and Fair Treatment 2025-11-13 [PSI]

Rights activists seek investigation into corruption in labour migration 2025-11-11 [Prothom Alo]

Trade Union-Civil Society Action Alliance launched for migrant workers' welfare 2025-11-11 [The Business Standard]

Trade unions call for worker inclusion in climate policymaking and COP30 agenda 2025-11-11 [BHRRC]

Workers must be included in climate decisions: trade unions 2025-11-10 [Textile Today]

Chattogram Port workers stage mass hunger strike to protest NCT, Laldiya Char lease plan 2025-11-01 [The Business Standard]

Dock workers strike escalates at Bangladesh’s Chattogram port 2025-11-01 [The Daily Times]

The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy 2025-11-01 [The Daily Star]

Bleeding in silence: Unheard struggles of Bangladesh's women tea workers 2025-10-31 [The Daily Star]

Workers Win Ratification of Three Crucial ILO Conventions in Bangladesh 2025-10-28 [PSI]

Labour law overhauled: 20 workers can now form trade union, workers can't be blacklisted 2025-10-27 [The Standard]

Key ILO Conventions on safety and gender equality ratified following long union campaign 2025-10-23 [IndustriALL]

Fire in Bangladesh’s garment factory claims 16 lives 2025-10-20 [IndustriALL]

Protection of free trade union rights in labour law demanded 2025-10-15 [The New Age]

Textile factories turn to smart tech to monitor worker output 2025-10-15 [Context]

Textile factories turn to smart tech to monitor worker output 2025-10-15 [Context]

Bangladesh leads in embedding just transition at the heart of its climate action commitments 2025-10-14 [International Labour Organizatio (ILO)n]

Rethinking worker welfare in a changing climate 2025-10-12 [The Standard]

IBC seeks changes in proposed trade union registration rules 2025-10-07 [The Financial Express]

Why early pregnancy persists among Bangladesh’s garment workers 2025-10-05 [The Business Standard]

IndustriALL calls on Bangladesh government to enforce HKC 2025-09-30 [IndustriALL]

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