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Assessment of structural integrity and fire safety of RMG factories to begin in September

Bangladesh

The Rana Plaza building collapse… 100 days on

A number of initiatives have been launched in response to the Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which expand upon ILO action following previous accidents in the country. The Director of the ILO Office in Dhaka, Srinivas B. Reddy,...

ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific concludes four day mission to Bangladesh

Bangladesh Government, employers and workers organizations sign integrated national action plan on fire safety and structural integrity in...

The plan brings together the National Tripartite Plan of Action on Fire Safety in the RMG Sector signed on March 24, 2013 in response to the Tazreen factory fire and the Joint Tripartite Statement adopted on May 4 in the wake of the Rana Plaza...

International labour standards

ILO statement on reform of Bangladesh labour law

Amendments to the Bangladesh labour Act 2006 were adopted on 15 July 2013. Its conformity with international labour standards ratified by Bangladesh will be reviewed by the ILO supervisory machinery later in the year.

Workplace safety

ILO, EU, Bangladesh government adopt new compact on garment factory safety

The new compact aims to improve health and safety, labour rights and responsible business conduct in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry.

“Work in Freedom” Programme

DFID, ILO to launch new initiative to tackle trafficking of women and girls

Working for a higher skilled garments sector in Bangladesh: Using corporate social responsibility to bridge the gap between training and...

Gazipur Technical School and College (TSC) today celebrated the graduation of the first batch and the inauguration of the second batch of sewing machine operator trainees in a new corporate social responsibility partnership. The partnership brings...

Bangladesh

Solar home systems: Lighting the way to a greener world of work in Bangladesh

While the national grid reaches many areas of Bangladesh, most of the country’s 142 million inhabitants live in rural areas and 70 per cent of them are not connected. Most rely on kerosene fuelled lamps for lighting and petrol or diesel-fired...

Bangladesh's Kamran T. Rahman Elected Vice President of the International Labour Conference

The former head of the Bangladesh Employers Federation, Mr Kamran Rahman has been elected as a Vice-President of the 2013 International Labour Conference (ILC), the annual meeting of the membership of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the...

Bangladesh

First meeting of high level committee on building and fire safety in RMG factories

The first meeting of the National Tripartite Committee formed to implement the National Tripartite Plan of Action on Building and Fire Safety in the Ready-Made Garment Sector in Bangladesh (NAP) was held on Thursday, 6 June 2013.

Partnership

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ILO sign 2.5 million USD agreement to support improved labour conditions in Bangladesh

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ILO to sign US$2.5 million agreement to support improved working conditions in Bangladesh

The Norwegian Minister for International Development Mr Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås and the ILO Country Office for Bangladesh Director Mr Srinivas Reddy will sign an agreement on 3 June. The Norwegian Government will provide NOK14.5 million (US$2.5...

European Commission and European Parliament support ILO activities in Bangladesh

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, in an address to the European Parliament (EP), welcomed ILO activities in Bangladesh and underlined the importance of international labour standards and the value of ILO-EC cooperation in the field of improving...

Workplace safety

ILO welcomes accord on Building and Fire Safety in Bangladesh

The ILO stands ready to provide appropriate support to the agreement signed by international fashion retailers along with other companies and trade unions to prevent workplace disasters.

Workplace safety Bangladesh

ILO mission to Bangladesh results in action plan for reforming garment industry

Following the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building, an ILO mission went to Bangladesh from 1 to 4 May. Concluding the mission, tripartite partners agreed to reform the labour law and to assess the structural building and fire safety of...

Workplace safety

Conclusions of the ILO's high level mission to Bangladesh

Joint statement issued by the tripartite partners at the conclusion of the ILO's high-level mission sent to Dhaka, Bangladesh, following the Rana Plaza Building collapse.

Labour Day

Statement by ILO Deputy Director General in Bangladesh on May Day 2013

by Mr. Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, Deputy Director General of Field Operations and Partnerships

Workplace safety

ILO sends high-level mission to Bangladesh following the Rana Plaza Building collapse

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says it is time for horror and regret to translate into urgent action.

Bangladesh

Removing the barriers to inclusion

People with disabilities are overturning negative attitudes and stereotypes, with help from an ILO vocational training project in Bangladesh.