Press releases

2020

  1. ILO partners with BGMEA and BKMEA to launch COVID-19 safety ‘Learning Hub’ for RMG workers

    02 July 2020

    Comprehensive ‘virtual’ safety and training packages targeted at preparing and maintaining safer workforces and workplaces during and post-pandemic

  2. Launch of "An ILO for All Seasons": Interview with Kari Tapiola

    26 June 2020

    Kari Tapiola, former Deputy-Director General of the ILO presents his study "An ILO for All Seasons" to be launched on 29th June 2020.

  3. COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF

    16 June 2020

    Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which could lead to the first rise in child labour after 20 years of progress, according to a new brief from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF

  4. Workers Resource Centre goes digital amid Covid-19

    01 June 2020

  5. Online Class: The ‘new normal’ in TVET

    22 May 2020

  6. Skills conference participants stress the relevance of TVET for skills readiness to achieve SDGs &adopt IR 4.0

    04 February 2020

  7. Bangladesh labour inspectorate rolls out digitalized system to monitor all industries

    09 January 2020

2019

  1. Tea workers are underpaid, deprived and discriminated: Labour law should be amended

    20 December 2019

  2. Government, employers and worker leaders emphasize on tripartite consultation, skills building and ratification of ILO Conventions on minimum age and forced labour

    28 November 2019

  3. ILO global business forum highlights the importance of a sustainability vision for Bangladesh’s RMG sector

    02 October 2019

    Future of $34 billion industry heavily linked to improved labour market governance, effective social dialogue and responsible sourcing practices.

  4. ILO video on ready-made garment workers’ rights goes ‘viral’

    28 August 2019

    YouTube film on three female workers and freedom of association clocks up over 800K views.

  5. ILO Bangladesh Hosts High-Level Consultation on Eliminating Child Labour

    28 August 2019

    Regional workshop explores the gaps in current knowledge base to end Child Labour in Six South East Asia Nations.

  6. Mothers@Work: supporting breastfeeding mothers in the workplace

    08 August 2019

    Inspiring stories from factories affiliated with Better Work Bangladesh (BWB) show that breastfeeding facilities in the workplace benefit working mothers, their babies and employers.

  7. ILO and Gap Inc. launch new initiative to improve industrial relations in Bangladesh garment industry

    01 July 2019

  8. Bangladesh Government honours 24 companies on National Occupational Safety and Health Day

    28 April 2019

  9. ILO brings in international experts to train Bangladeshi inspectors on safety checks

    26 April 2019

  10. © World Future Council 2020
    Awarding innovative policies to empower youth

    18 April 2019

    National, local and regional governments and non-governmental organizations are encouraged to showcase decent work policies that help youth reach their full potential.

  11. Bangladesh becomes first Asia-Pacific government to commit to Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

    28 March 2019

    Government of Bangladesh, a2i, boosts digital workforce opportunities and commits to training 250,000 youth on ‘future’ skills and to supporting 340,200 quality apprenticeships.

  12. Women receive UN recognition for innovative approach towards gender equality

    14 March 2019

    To mark International Women’s Day 2019, the UN honored three Bangladeshi women who defied tradition, challenged gender stereotypes and social barriers put in front of them because they are women, and became a successful community activist, an entrepreneur and an employee in a non-traditional sector, empowering many others on the way.

  13. Good governance can protect migrants’ labour rights in the destination country

    12 March 2019