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Webinar on An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Tanneries

Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) participated in a webinar on An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Tanneries, organised by Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID), Economic Reporters Forum (ERF), and The Asia Foundation. The Chief Guest of the webinar, Zakia Sultana, Secretary, Ministry of Industries said, as an environmentalist, she knows that failure

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Keraniganj will be Declared as a Model Upazila by 2023 Through Elimination of Child Labour

Keraniganj will be Declared as a Model Upazila by 2023 Through Elimination of Child Labour

Md. Ehsan E Elahi (Secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Employment) announced that child labor will be eliminated from the local garment factory in Keraniganj located on the banks of river Buriganga and Keraniganj Upazila will be declared as a model Upazila soon. He was speaking as the chief guest at a participatory meeting

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Human Chain Program in the Memory for the Victims of the Terrible Fire at Sezan Juice Factory in Narayanganj

Human Chain Program in the Memory for the Victims of the Terrible Fire at Sezan Juice Factory in Narayanganj

Keraniganj Small Garments Workers Welfare Union, Aganagar Small Garments Workers Welfare Union, Charkaliganj Small Garment Workers and Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) jointly organized a human chain program in the memory of the victims of the terrible fire at Sezan Juice Factory of Hashem Group at Karnogop area of Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district on Wednesday,

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Round Table Seminar on “Towards LWG Certification: Challenges to Ensure Social Compliance in the Tannery Industry”

Round Table Seminar on “Towards LWG Certification: Challenges to Ensure Social Compliance in the Tannery Industry”

On 24 April 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed five garment factories, killed at least 1,132 people and injured more than 2,500. These disasters, among the worst industrial accidents on record, awoke the world to the poor labour conditions faced by workers in the ready-made garment sector in

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World Day for Safety and Health at Work :: Stop the Pandemic; Ensure Workers Safety

On 24 April 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed five garment factories, killed at least 1,132 people and injured more than 2,500. These disasters, among the worst industrial accidents on record, awoke the world to the poor labour conditions faced by workers in the ready-made garment sector in

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