Wage

Wage

Representational Image. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Fazlu risks a week's income to earn a day's wage

According to Fazlu, repairing a damaged controller costs around Tk1,300 to Tk1,400, while replacing a motor can cost between Tk5,000 and Tk6,000. 

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Real wage crisis: Why higher pays don't allow you to buy more

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Unionised RMG workers earn 10% higher wages: BIDS study

Real income keeps falling for 3.5 years

Real income keeps falling for 3.5 years

BGMEA's Forum panel leader Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu spoke at a press conference at a hotel in the capital today (11 May)to present his panel's position ahead of the election. Photo: Collected

BGMEA election: Panel proposes forced savings to ensure timely worker payments

The affected workers are employed at the Charagang, Kalagul, and Burjan tea gardens, as well as the Burjan factory — all operated under the Burjan Tea Company. Photo: TBS

2,500 tea workers face 20-week wage delay in Sylhet, announce road blockade tomorrow

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Minimum wage in Bangladesh: All talk and no action

Speakers at a CPD event titled "Reform in workers’ livelihood, workplace safety and rights-related issues: An agenda for the interim government" held in Dhaka on 12 January 2025. Photo: TBS

CPD proposes provision for making employers pay extra if workers not paid on time

Speakers at a CPD event titled "Reform in workers’ livelihood, workplace safety and rights-related issues: An agenda for the interim government" held in Dhaka on 12 January 2025. Photo: TBS

CPD suggests new wages within a year for sectors with stagnant pay  

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam speaks at a discussion at Jatiya Press Club on 27 December 2024. Photo: BSS 

Press Secretary Shafiqul for paying minimum basic salary to journalists 

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Wage inequality fell globally, but significant wage differentials persist

Workers of Beximco Industrial Park in Gazipur block the Chandra-Nabinagar Highway on 18 November 2024 morning. Photo: Md Asaduzzaman/ TBS

Labour unrest: Beximco to get loans from labour ministry, Finance Division to clear unpaid wages

Around 5 lakh people are directly dependent on the tea industry. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain.

Can tea workers be included in reform talks?