International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Govt seeks early disposal of ILO complaint, cites labour reforms

Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury yesterday urged the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to expedite the disposal of the complaint pending against Bangladesh under Article 26, saying the country had made significant progress in reforming its labour sector.
20 July 2026

Govt seeks early disposal of ILO complaint, cites labour reforms

Labour minister made the call in a meeting in Dhaka with the ILO director-general
19 July 2026

The urgent need for a worker database

In the last one and a half decades, “digital Bangladesh” was probably one of the most uttered terms that is now found useless because of the absence of a digital information storage and management system in most sectors.
4 April 2025

Addressing women's labour market barriers key to Bangladesh’s growth

ILO country director says at the SANEM Annual Economists' Conference
23 February 2025

Roadmap is there to implement ILO conventions: commerce adviser

EU Ambassador Michael Miller calls on the adviser
3 December 2024

Wage inequality declined in two-thirds of countries since start of 21st century: ILO

Global real average wage growth has started to rise again as inflation progressively eases, ILO report finds
28 November 2024

Bangladesh got elected as member of governing body of ILO for 2024-2027

The election took place at the 112th session of the International Labour Conference held in Geneva
7 June 2024
13 June 2023

People’s income, inflation did not rise at same pace: Mannan

Income of people did not increase keeping pace with inflation in Bangladesh, Planning Minister MA Mannan said today.
2 November 2022

Global job vacancies to decline at year-end: ILO 

The outlook for global labour markets has worsened in recent months and current trends of job vacancies will decline and global employment growth will deteriorate significantly in the final quarter of 2022, according to the latest report of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
1 November 2022

ILO can help Bangladesh build skilled workforce: regional director

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) could help Bangladesh build a young and skilled workforce, said Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, regional director for Asia and Pacific for ILO.
18 October 2022

EU parliamentarians praise Bangladesh’s commitment to tackle child labour, workplace safety

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have warmly praised Bangladesh’s determination to meet its commitment to International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards.
23 April 2022

Int'l Girl Child Day: More efforts required to empower girls

The International Labour Organisation and Unicef have called on Bangladesh and its development partners to accelerate their efforts to empower girls and prepare them for the 21st century.
10 October 2018

CPD hails reform measures

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday lauded the reforms made after the Rana Plaza disaster to ensure workers' safety at
23 April 2016