Child labour

A photo of International Labour Organizations flag (ILO) Photo: Collected
World+Biz

ILO launching the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour

A virtual event is due to be held on 21 January to launch the International Year

FILE PHOTO: Carlsberg beer cans are seen at a pub in Mumbai, India, October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
South Asia

Carlsberg India probes find 'potential improper payments', child labour

To tackle the economic crisis in Covid-19, many children are force into child labour, where usually these children are made to work on a "no work, no pay" basis. Photo: Unicef.
Thoughts

Putting an end to child labour in South Asia

Photo: Unicef.
Economy

Govt determined to make Bangladesh free from child labour to achieve SDGs: Secy

Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, takes part in a panel in New York, September 27, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

India's Nobel laureate fears upsurge in child labour as pandemic shrivels economy

KM Ali Reza. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Universal ratification of ILO child labour convention: What does it mean to migrant children?

Photo: Unicef
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 could wipe out child labour progress of 20 years, warns UN

When economic activities were halted, children who worked as domestic workers or daily wage-earners were rendered jobless, with no money to buy food. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

Covid-19 making things worse for children

File Photo.
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 may push millions more into child labour: ILO, Unicef

Rubel, worker in the factory sorting scrap typers for cutting. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash/TBS
Features

Wheels of misfortune

Representational Image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Economy sees imbalanced development