May 1, 2020

New Normal? Better Normal!

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020 In these times of Covid-19, the big challenge for most of us is how to protect ourselves […]
May 1, 2020

Overlooked by state and law, informal workers on the verge of starvation

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020 People employed in the informal sector get little attention from the policymakers although they account for 85 […]
May 1, 2020

‘The risks are grave. We don’t want to go back to work right away.’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020d in: The On the previous occasions of May Day, we were demanding our rights, safety for our […]
May 1, 2020

Do we know how many lost livelihoods during shutdown?

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020 All over the world, jobs are being lost on a massive scale for measures adopted to fight […]
May 1, 2020

‘Sustainability of businesses depends on how we protect our workers from COVID-19’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020 Tuomo Poutiainen, country director at the International Labour Organisation, speaks about May Day, measures aimed at tackling […]
May 1, 2020

More than a crore with no job and hope

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020 Perhaps Bangladesh has the highest number of people out of jobs thanks to the protracted shutdown that […]
May 1, 2020

Obstacles they scale to serve

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020 It all changed after his father passed away. Mehedi Hasan Rasel, after graduating from a leading public […]
May 1, 2020

Mental health in the time of Covid-19

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020 I received a text message from a friend last night saying, “I feel so down that if […]
May 1, 2020

RMG units reopening haphazardly

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 1 May 2020 Nearly a thousand garment factories outside the capital, which resumed operation haphazardly since April 26, didn’t follow […]