Tag: labour market

Rapid roll out of the new universal pension scheme

Post author By Phillip Choudhury
Post date 27th February 2022
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A new universal pension scheme – the first of its kind in Bangladesh – could start within a year

Danish shipping giant Maersk interested in managing new 500,000 TEU container terminal at Patenga

A Chinese company will finance and build a sixty square kilometre smart city on land reclaimed from the sea around Chittagong

The World Bank approved a $300m loan for Bangladesh on 25 February for The Local Government Covid-19 Response and Recovery Project Paragraph

A weekly round up of articles about work, employment, social security, business and the economy. Here is the news for the week ending:

February 25th, 2022

This week’s round up comes from:

The Daily Star

This week in Bangladesh…

Factory workers may benefit from universal pension scheme (original image by Fahad Faisal cropped and remixed Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International)

Tags employment, International Labour Organization, labour market

Issues in the Labour Market

The Informal Sector: New Directions for Businesses

Post author By Phillip Choudhury
Post date 8th February 2022
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Transitions to Formal Employment

Mariam, now 22 years old, dresses up to leave for work with a smile on her face. She is now a formal employee in the factory where she was previously working as a casual worker. She is a machine operator at the factory. Mariam owes a lot to Fatema and her employer for the training they provided. The training developed her and the skills of other entry level female workers. It also built their confidence so that they can be promoted to positions as operators and supervisors. It worked for Mariam.

Tags employment, labour market, women&work

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New workers’ compensation scheme in the making

Post author By Phillip Choudhury
Post date 29th August 2021

Government regulator presses for some form of workers’ compensation or national insurance scheme

Government cautiously reopens schools after 18 months of closure

Bangladesh negotiates for Global System of Preferences Plus with EU

New literacy and skills education initiatives launched totalling $2.5 billion

A weekly round up of articles about work, employment, social security, business and the economy. Here is the news for the week ending:

September 9th, 2021

This week’s round up comes from:

The Daily Star

This week in Bangladesh…

Hazards on the job: mandatory workers’ compensation schemes a must (original image by Simon Reza)

Tags COVID-19, education, employment, labour market, skills, trade

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Labour & The Latest Lockdown

Post author By Mary Khan
Post date 15th April 2021

A weekly round up of articles about employment, the labour market, skills training and workforce development. This week’s round up is drawn from The Daily Star. Here is the news for the week ending 16th April 2021.

This Week in the Bangladesh English News…

…The latest lockdowns means low-wage and informal workers contend with less and the garment sector staggers. There’s another revision of the projected GDP – the question is, “Up or down?” And the World Bank makes recommendations for spurring economic growth.

Tags climate change, garment sector, International Labour Organization, labour market, migrant workers, World Bank

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People Are Moving. Is the Economy Following?

Post author By Mary Khan
Post date 11th March 2021

A weekly round up of articles about employment, the labour market, skills training and workforce development. This week’s round up is drawn from The Daily Star. Here is the news for the week ending 10th March 2021.

This Week in the Bangladesh English News…

…Bangladeshis are more mobile now than before the pandemic, but meanwhile, borrowers and banks haven’t fully recovered. There’s insight into child marriages, and more about the plight of working women. And days before a major India-Bangladesh meetup, it seems everyone’s talking about what’s on the agenda.

Tags agriculture, COVID-19, infrastructure, labour market, trade agreement, World Bank

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Jute Rejuvenated

Post author By Mandy Mukhuti
Post date 15th March 2018

A weekly round up of articles about employment, the labor market, skills training and workforce development. This week’s round up is drawn from The Daily Star. Here is the news for the week ending 15 March 2018.

This week in the Bangladesh English Press…

…we hear about seminars and dialogues on career and employment. A fair was organized by the jute and textiles ministry. Export earnings from garments have seen an increase. UNICEF is said to provide financial assistance to Bangladesh for its child-related activities. We also hear about a study published by Business Finance for Poor in Bangladesh (BFP-B) project on growth of small enterprises. A new farming initiative helps improving nutrition for families living on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

Tags agriculture, employment, garments, labour market, report, trade, women&work, workplace relations

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Women and Machines

Post author By Mandy Mukhuti
Post date 8th March 2018

This week in the Bangladesh English Press…

… business ties between Vietnam and Bangladesh grow through investment and trade. A study suggests women garments workers are losing out to machines. And retired jute workers struggle for their retirement benefits.

Tags employment, garments, labour market, manufacturing, report, trade, women&work

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Women at the Top

Post author By Mandy Mukhuti
Post date 1st March 2018

A weekly round up of articles about employment, the labor market, skills training and workforce development and the wider economy. This week’s round up is drawn from The Daily Star. Here is the news for the week ending 1 March 2018.

This week in the Bangladesh English Press…

… a woman entrepreneur becomes the chairman of Janata Bank. Starting soon: A 12-month investment readiness accelerator programme to promote small and growing businesses. Bangladesh is likely to receive foreign investment. This will create employment opportunities for many. Recently, stakeholders discussed the need to address multidimensional poverty of urban children to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). And farmers suffer losses in egg farming business.

Tags agriculture, employment, labour market, poverty, women&work

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Formalising Enterprise

Post author By Mandy Mukhuti
Post date 22nd February 2018

This week in the Bangladesh English Press…

…we hear about new venture capital financing and about changes in informal employment. Accord reports on remediation in the garment sector. And the International Labour Organization urges Bangladesh to ensure that the Bangladesh Labour Act and the Bangladesh Labour Rules meet the ILO Conventions.

Tags employment, International Labour Organization, labour market, report