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Garment workers in Bangladesh leaving a factory at the end of day © Better Work Bangladesh

Bangladesh has been an active Member State of ILO since 22 June 1972 and has ratified 36 ILO Conventions and one Protocol, including eight of the ten fundamental Conventions, and two of the four governance Conventions. 

The ILO supports the Government of Bangladesh, and its social partners (workers' and employers' organisations) advance the decent work agenda through the ILO Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP).

Learn more about the ILO in Bangladesh by reading the brochure.

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Bangladesh’s employment injury compensation rebuilds Rahul Ruram’s hopes and dreams
A man shows his colleague his new prosthetic arm at a garment factory in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh’s employment injury compensation rebuilds Rahul Ruram’s hopes and dreams

Dialogue with private sector highlights collaborative approach to skills development in Bangladesh
Participants at the discussion

Skills development

Dialogue with private sector highlights collaborative approach to skills development in Bangladesh

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Publications

ISEC Project Fact Sheet, April 2025

Infographics

ISEC Project Fact Sheet, April 2025

ISEC Project Fact Sheet, March 2025

Infographics

ISEC Project Fact Sheet, March 2025

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Labour statistics

Labour statistics

The latest data on the Bangladesh labour market from the ILOSTAT database

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Labour standards

This is a photograph of a specialized garment worker at work on a complex piece of machinery in a clothing factory in Bangladesh

Projects and programmes

Supporting a Talent Partnership with Bangladesh

Project: Skills development and labour migration

Supporting a Talent Partnership with Bangladesh

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

Project: Employability of women workers

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

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Development cooperation dashboard

Development cooperation dashboard

The dashboard shows ILO Bangladesh's funding sources and programme areas.

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This is a screenshot of Mrs. Zulekha, a beneficiary of the groundbreaking employment injury scheme being piloted in Bangladesh with support from the ILO. She is telling the story of how losing her son at work impacted her life in a video..
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Opportunities at the ILO

This is a photo of an ILO Bangladesh female staff member sending a key message on what the ILO does - working for safe, respectful work environments.
Opportunities at the ILO

ILO Country Office for Bangladesh

PPD Secretariat Office Complex

Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh

Events

Employment-intensive Investment Programme Inter-regional forum for Asia and the Arab States

Employment-intensive Investment Programme

Employment-intensive Investment Programme Inter-regional forum for Asia and the Arab States

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School children at the brick kiln in Islamabad.

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