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On 10 July 2013, a group of 17 major North American retailers calling themselves the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety announced the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative. The Initiative drew criticism from labour groups who complained that it was less stringent than the Accord and lacked legally binding commitments to pay for improvements.
The purpose of forming this ministry is to ensure the welfare of expatriate workers and expand foreign employment. The Ministry has been working to ensure the welfare of all migrant workers by increasing the flow of remittances and creating opportunities of securing overseas employment for workers from all regions of the country. [3]
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, also known as "the Alliance" or AFBWS, is a group of 28 major global retailers formed to develop and launch the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative, a binding, five-year undertaking with the intent of improving safety in Bangladeshi ready-made garment factories after the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse.
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday rolled back most of the controversial quotas on government jobs which sparked violent protests.. Under the quota system, some 30% of sought-after civil ...
The government of Bangladesh has set an ambitious target of generating 30 million new job opportunities by the year 2030. [3] In its endeavor to improve labor conditions and expand employment opportunities, the Government of Bangladesh has undertaken significant initiatives to establish a specialized entity known as the "Directorate of Employment."
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The main exit of the factory just outside Dhaka is believed to have been illegally locked at the time of the blaze, trapping workers inside. More than 50 workers killed in Bangladesh factory fire ...
In January 2014, Bangladesh Bank ordered Karmasangsthan Bank to not open new branches and set a series of conditions the bank must meet. [12] Kaniz Fatema was appointed chairman of the bank in April. [13] Kazi Sanaul Hoq was appointed managing director of Karmasangsthan Bank in August 2019. [14] It provides funding to workers training ...