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Bangladesh: Key Legal Implications of Proposed Amendments to the Labour (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025

CLIENT ADVISORY NOTE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recent statements by the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) highlight material concerns regarding certain provisions …

How the Right Words Guard Against Legal and Commercial Risks

In today’s fast‑paced business environment, a single phrase can become the hinge on which a contract, a partnership, or a reputation turns. …

GSP Plus may be at risk if government offices in Bangladesh do not work without “money”

Businessmen and industrialists in Bangladesh said that they have to suffer corruption and harassment when they go to work in various government …

Preparedness for the German Supply Chain Act

On the 11th June 2021 German Parliament (Bundestag) passed a new law, the “Gesetz über die unternehmerischen “Sorgfaltspflichten zur Vermeidung von Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Lieferketten” (Supply Chain Act), which requires large companies to conduct due diligence activities through out entire supply chain, regardless where the products and services originate from. The law obliges these companies to […]

Top 20 loan defaulters in Bangladesh named

one crore =10 million one EUR = BDT 94.53 The honourable Finance Minister of Bangladesh Mr. AHM Mustafa Kamal informed the parliament …

Bangladesh passes EPZ Labour Ordinance

Bangladesh published official gazette about the EPZ Labour Ordinance for the country’s eight Export Processing Zones (EPZs), employing more than half a million …

Maternity Benefits in Bangladesh

Women, performing manual and physical labour other than intellectual, administrative, supervisory or managerial in Bangladesh are entitled to 16 weeks of Paid …

Upto 30 percent less from payments out of Bangladesh

Foreign or non-resident recipients of payments from Bangladesh may be surprised by receiving up-to 30 percent less than the due or invoiced …

Top labour leaders under tax authority’s scanner

The National Board of Revenue (NBR), tax authority of Bangladesh, has sought information on bank accounts of six top labour leaders in …

Bangladesh among worst places to work: Garment sector found to be key culprit

Bangladesh is one of the ‘worst’ places in the world to work, where workers’ rights are not guaranteed, according to a global survey. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), in a survey launched on Wednesday, ranks Bangladesh, along with 27 other countries, on the fifth category-a sign of “no guarantee of rights”. It, however, referred […]