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DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh garment factories have fired hundreds of workers since protests in October demanding higher wages, three labour unions representing half a million workers told Reuters ...
On November 7, the Bangladesh government announced a new salary structure for protesting garment workers, raising the monthly minimum wage to ~US$113, to take effect December 1, 2023. The garment workers union heavily criticized this increase for being too small, announcing their intention to continue striking.
Thousands of people protested peacefully in Bangladesh's capital Saturday to demand justice for more than 200 students and others killed during protests last month, but violence was reported at ...
At the heart of the demonstrations is a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
In November 1997, the ILO committee directed a complaint towards the government of Bangladesh that included a demand for further information about this attack. The Bangladeshi government did not provide any further information. [8] In that year, BIGUF was officially registered as a trade union. [7]
The non-cooperation movement, [a] also known as the one-point movement, [b] was a pro-democratic disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
The Bangladesh Railway authorities, on orders from higher-ups in the government, directed train services between Dhaka and the rest of the country to shut down to prevent quota reform protestors from using trains to travel or form gatherings, according to several unnamed railway supervisors speaking with Prothom Alo. [220]
DHAKA (Reuters) -The Bangladesh government has decided to impose a curfew across the country and deploy the army, BBC Bangla reported on Friday, citing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's press ...