Even a few years back, children were engaged in labour works in dry fish processing areas on Dublar Char in the Sundarbans to meet their daily food. Guardians of those children forced them (children) to go to work on char areas for earning money. A recent seminar revealed that around 20
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Businesses urged to uphold child rights through dialogue
Stakeholders from various communities on 01 February emphasized the need to educate and inform businesses about the measures they should put in place in their operations to end child labour practices. They also emphasized the need to start a conversation about how to include children's rights in business practices over the
Bangladesh children in worst forms of child labour: US Department of Labor report says
Children in Bangladesh are subjected to the worst forms of child labour, including commercial sexual exploitation and forced labour in the drying of fish and the production of bricks, the US Department of Labor said in its new report published recently. They also perform dangerous tasks in the production of garments
Ensure enforcement of child labour laws
It is becoming increasingly difficult to get the Generalised System of Preference (GSP) facility back for Bangladeshi products in the US market. Even if some conditions are met, there is no possibility of getting back GSP suddenly as child labour has not been abolished here. In such a situation, the