Textile units in India bringing in Bangladeshi workers illegally: Assam CM
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Textile units in India bringing in Bangladeshi workers illegally: Assam CM

The Hindu  

The Centre may “strike” at textile units across the country for illegally bringing in workers from Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday. He said the police in Assam and Tripura have been apprehending 20 to 30 Bangladeshi “infiltrators every day and research” revealed that they were mostly textile workers rendered jobless after the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government hit the textile industry in Bangladesh hard. Many textile factory owners in our country are incentivising these workers for cheap labour, making them enter India illegally,” Mr. Sarma told journalists during his customary January 1 interaction. The Chief Minister also said the State police has been coordinating with the National Investigation Agency and the Intelligence Bureau to crack down on a different set of Bangladeshi nationals pushing a “jihadist” agenda in India.

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Infiltration from Bangladesh blamed on shutting down of textile industries
1 week ago

Infiltration from Bangladesh blamed on shutting down of textile industries

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the ongoing economic crisis and closing down of the once-thriving textile industries of Bangladesh was largely responsible for the infiltration of workers to Indian states. I think we should not encourage them to come to India.” Proposing action against textile industries who encouraged workers from Bangladesh to infiltrate, Mr …

Two Bangladeshis detected in Assam, pushed back: Himanta Biswa Sarma
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Two Bangladeshis detected in Assam, pushed back: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

Two Bangladesh nationals who illegally entered India were detected in Assam and sent back to their country, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. "Two Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended at Badarpur railway station by @assampolice," Mr. Sarma wrote on X. "In collaboration with the BSF, Assam Police successfully pushed them back across the border last night," the chief minister added. Mr. …

Four Bangladeshis prevented from entering Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Four Bangladeshis prevented from entering Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said police prevented four Bangladeshi nationals from entering India illegally through Karimganj district. "This morning at 1:30 am, Bangladeshi citizens identified as Motiur Seikh, Mushiar Mullah, Tania Mullah, and Rita Mullah attempted to enter India through the Karimganj sector of the India-Bangladesh border," he said in a post on X. "However, police …

Bangladesh banks, garment factories reopen after authorities ease curfew
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh banks, garment factories reopen after authorities ease curfew

New Indian Express  

DHAKA: Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas. Last week's violence killed at least 186 people, according to an AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals, during some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's tenure. …

Bangladeshi infiltrators posing risk to Jharkhand tribals: Assam CM
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Bangladeshi infiltrators posing risk to Jharkhand tribals: Assam CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Ranchi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expressed his concerns about infiltration from Bangladesh, particularly highlighting its impact on the safety of women and daughters in Jharkhand. Addressing a poll rally, Sarma said Bangladeshi infiltrators often acquire land by marrying tribal women and exert control over their rights. Sarma, who was scheduled to reach Tamar under Khunti assembly …

Textile Industry Challenges Result in Wage Reductions and Worker Flight
1 year ago

Textile Industry Challenges Result in Wage Reductions and Worker Flight

The Hindu  

The challenges over the past year at India’s textile and apparel sector, the country’s second-largest employer with almost 45 million direct jobs, have exposed the vulnerabilities of its workers and the fragile ecosystem they operate in. Ghost towns Electrical posts, factory gates, or tree trunks that carried “tailors wanted”/“workers wanted” boards at Tiruppur, known as India’s ‘t-shirt town’, stand bare. …

Bangladesh garment factories reopen after violent wage hike protests
1 year, 1 month ago

Bangladesh garment factories reopen after violent wage hike protests

Firstpost  

Tens of thousands of workers are fighting for a minimum salary of 23,000 taka, up from the 8,300 taka established by the government five years ago Following several days of violent protests calling for a nearly three-fold increase in the minimum wage, hundreds of thousands of workers returned to major industrial centres as Bangladeshi garment factories reopened on Wednesday. A …

Bangladesh garment workers clash with police as factories reopen
1 year, 2 months ago

Bangladesh garment workers clash with police as factories reopen

The Hindu  

Striking Bangladesh garment workers clashed with police on Saturday near the capital as factories reopened in defiance of a protest campaign demanding a near-tripling of wages. Bangladesh's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85% of the South Asian country's $55 billion annual exports, supplying many of the world's top names in fashion including Levi's, Zara and H&M. "They hurled stones …

Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages
1 year, 2 months ago

Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages

The Hindu  

Police in Bangladesh's capital on November 2 used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than 1,000 garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight day to demand better wages. The workers get 8,300 takas, or $75, as a monthly minimum wage and they often need to work overtime to make ends meet, labour unions …

Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages
1 year, 2 months ago

Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police in Bangladesh’s capital Thursday used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than 1,000 garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight day to demand better wages. Nazmul Hasan Firoz, additional deputy police commissioner at Pallabi in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, said police dispersed the workers “peacefully” using tear gas as they …

Two dead as Bangladesh garment workers protest low pay
1 year, 2 months ago

Two dead as Bangladesh garment workers protest low pay

The Hindu  

Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh walked off the job in protest at low wages Monday, sparking clashes with security forces and damaging multiple factories in unrest that left at least two people dead, police said. Police said at least 10,000 workers left their shifts and staged protests in Gazipur, the country's largest industrial city, where a six-storey factory was …

Why so many Biharis still work as labourers in Tamil Nadu, Punjab and other states
1 year, 10 months ago

Why so many Biharis still work as labourers in Tamil Nadu, Punjab and other states

India Today  

A few days ago, misleading videos surfaced on social media with claims that migrant workers from Bihar were being attacked in Tamil Nadu, triggering panic and a temporary exodus of part of the workforce. The scale of Bihar’s migrant crisis burst into public view when over 15 lakh workers ran helter-skelter to get home during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. According …

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