The state will take appropriate measures to eliminate child labour, adolescent labour, and forced labour. Effective actions will be taken to close all forms of forced labour, including through advance bonding and other methods View Details
To ensure the right to protection from all forms of harassment and violence, including sexual harassment, the state will take special measures. In accordance with the 2009 High Court directive, all factories and institutions will be required to adopt policies against sexual harassment and violence. It is also essential to establish complaint cells and dispute resolution committees. The state will endorse ILO Convention 190. View Details
To establish a culture of dignified work environments, the state will stop the use of derogatory, power-centric language based on class, gender, race, and ethnicity. The term “women” will be replaced by “female” in the labour laws. The use of informal address such as “tui-tumi” in workplaces will be stopped. The use of Bangla will be promoted in all judicial bodies, from Labour Appeal Tribunals to the High Court and Appellate Division. View Details
To ensure a harmonious and integrated working environment, the state will promote responsible behaviour by all stakeholders— workers, employers, and others—and will establish an effective framework and process for dialogue. View Details
It is necessary to form a Permanent labour Commission as a statutory body in order to ensure an accountable labour administration system. As a preliminary step to form a Permanent labour Commission, immediately take initiatives to form a ‘National Social Dialogue Forum’ under the initiative of the Ministry of labour. View Details
The state will implement its constitutional commitment to freedom of expression to uphold the right to organise; relax trade union restrictions to expand organising rights; and ensure a participatory, transparent, and accountable framework for collective bargaining. View Details
The state will take initiatives to ensure that all workers have rights to universal social security (accidents at work, death, disability, sickness, retirement, maternity benefits or any adverse situation). View Details
The concerns raised by journalists, human rights activists, legal experts, and stakeholders regarding the provisions of the proposed Cyber Security Act must be addressed. View Details
(a) Election expenditure to be capped at BDT 10 per voter per parliamentary constituency. (b) All election expenses to be processed through banking systems or financial technology platforms (e.g., Bikash, Rocket). (c) To maintain close oversight on election expenditures of candidates and political parties, the Election Commission to set up ‘election expenditure monitoring committees’ at the constituency levels. (d) Election expenditures iled by candidates and political parties to be subjected to auditing, the candidates’ election to be annulled in case of discrepancies. (e) All election related expenses of the Election Commission to be a charge on the consolidated budget of the Republic. View Details
To prevent uncontested candidates from winning elections and to encourage political parties to nominate competent candidates, a “no-vote” provision to be introduced in the ballots of parliamentary elections. Re-polling will take place in those constituencies where no-vote receive highest number of votes with the condition that no candidate from the annulled election may contest in the re-election. View Details
