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Press release
RMG trade union members learn safety and organisational skills
24 September 2014
Trade union members will be better placed to enhance conditions in the Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector following a week-long programme of training activities designed to increase their organizational capacity and involvement in occupational safety committees.
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Press release
Authorities urged to prepare for enhanced building and fire safety role
17 September 2014
Bangladesh needs to ready its institutional, regulatory and oversight mechanisms relating to building and fire safety to ensure a safe working environment in the ready-made garment sector once the current support from external partners ends a workshop heard today.
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Statement
Mr Srinivas B Reddy Country Director, International Labour Organization, Bangladesh On Sixty-seventh Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia
11 September 2014
Mr Srinivas B Reddy Country Director, International Labour Organization, Bangladesh On Sixty-seventh Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia
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Press release
ILO Provides 95 Motorcycles for Labour Inspectors
07 September 2014
DHAKA – A total of 95 motorcycles which will boost the capacity of government officials to carry out inspections at garment factories were handed over in a ceremony held in Dhaka today.
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News
Progress booked after one year of ILO-EU-Bangladesh Compact on safety in garment factories
09 July 2014
A year ago, the ILO, the EU, Bangladesh and the United States signed a Compact to improve labour rights in the garment industry of Bangladesh.
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News
A journey toward safe workplace - Srinivas Reddy, Country Director of the ILO, talks about the progress in ensuring factory safety
07 July 2014
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
125 Labour Inspectors Received Training by the ITC-ILO
26 June 2014
Labour Inspectors from the Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishments attended a three week long training programme by the ILO aimed at strengthening capacity of the labour inspection system of Bangladesh
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
Future Directions Set for Modernization of the Labour Inspection System in Bangladesh
26 June 2014
Participants of a two day workshop on Labour Inspection Management in Bangladesh made a number of recommendations aimed at setting the direction for the modernization of the Labour Inspection System in Bangladesh. The workshop was jointly organized by the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Improving Working Conditions in the RMG Programme (RMGP) of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
Trade union leaders in the Asia Pacific region to consider strategies to halt weaking of union rights
24 June 2014
Around 40 trade union leaders from 20 countries in the Asia Pacific region are attending a seminar organized by the ILO Bureau for Workers‘ Activities (ACTRAV) on strengthening union activities. The seminar is taking place at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 24 - 26 June.
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Press release
Seminar on "Industry-TVET Institute Relationship" Marked the Successful Completion of “TVET Week 2014”
24 June 2014
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2014 observed from 18-24 June 2014, throughout the Bangladesh to raise awareness on skills training and expansion of the TVET.