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Factory fair price initiative for workers
Economy

How some factories helping workers out of price shocks

Several firms have set up shops to supply daily necessities to their workers at fair prices, while some have taken up initiatives to open new fair price shops or provide essentials free of cost

Photo :BSS/AFP
World+Biz

Australia to re-open borders to students, workers

Investment blogger Merja Mahka publishes her income from 2020 ahead of Finland's tax day, when income tax records for the previous year become publicly available, in Helsinki, Finland, November 9, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Europe

Finland plans to let workers see colleagues’ salaries to close gender pay gap

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Over 1.5 lakh workers went abroad in last 4 months: Minister

An Apple logo is pictured in an Apple store in Paris, France, on September 17, 2021. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Apple worker says she was fired after leading movement against harassment

The economy contracted 5.6% for all of 2020, its worst performance since 1998 and below the government’s projection of -3.5% to -5.5%. Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg
Global Economy

Malaysia's glove industry appeals for foreign labour intake

An Apple logo is pictured in an Apple store in Paris, France, on September 17, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Tech

Apple to give store workers bonuses up to $1,000 next month

SK Jenefa Jabbar
Thoughts

Can skilled female workers in the RMG industry break the glass ceiling?

In search of bodies, unidentified relatives of the juvenile workers show pictures of those killed at the Hashem Foods Ltd. in Narayanganj. Photo: TBS
Panorama

How could DIFE not know that so many children were working there? 

Photo: Noor A Alam/TBS
Bangladesh

Bangladesh still among 10 worst countries for workers

A Covid-19 rapid testing center in Taipei, on May 15. Photographer: I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg
Coronavirus chronicle

Taiwan to quarantine workers to control Covid spike at tech firm

Philippines lifts ban on workers deploying to Saudi Arabia
World+Biz

Philippines lifts ban on workers deploying to Saudi Arabia

Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Greece interested to recruit temporary agricultural workers from Bangladesh