Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday (February 01, 2024) said the government is not harassing Noble Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus by filing false cases. “The government is not doing anything to harass Dr Muhammad Yunus. No false case is being filed against him. First a case was filed by workers and then the directorate responsible for protecting the rights of the workers filed a case.” He said this at a press conference on contemporary issues at the secretariat today. Read: 3 awarded life terms for 2015 murder in Cumilla  “Despite undisputable evidence, it is being spread abroad that the allegations against him (Yunus) are false, and it is being said that we are doing this to harass him,” said the minister. The minister said that the efforts being made at home and abroad to defame various institutions in Bangladesh centring on Yunus's case will be defeated. "As you know, according to the provisions of the Bangladesh Labour Act, an inspector can inspect any company if it is found that they are violating the law. In this case, on February 2, 2020, the inspector of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) first inspected Grameen Telecom as per the provisions of the Labour Act,” said Anisul. "He found out that some laws were being violated. Later, on March 1, he wrote a letter to Grameen Telecom seeking their explanation about these violations and asking them to correct those,” he said. Read: Take measures in preventing price hike of daily essentials: IGP  “Grameen Telecom's response was not satisfactory, and they (DIFE) inspected Grameen Telecom again on August 17, 2021. After seeing violations of the same law there, a letter was sent on August 19 stating that the law was being violated. In such a situation, a case was filed against Dr Yunus and Grameen Telecom on September 9,” added Anisul.

Dhaka, June 15 (UNB) -- Md Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE), has visited the injured victims of BM Container Depot fire in Chattogram’s Sitakunda. Nasir visited 18 patients at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Wednesday.  The DIFE IG spoke with the burnt injured patients, their families, and the doctors. Also Read: Environmental disaster feared following Sitakunda depot fire He assured that those who have not yet received the check of the grant from the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation will be given medical aid soon. Joint Inspector General (Health) Dr. Md Mostafizur Rahman, and Deputy Inspector General (Dhaka) AKM Salauddin were, among others, present at that time.

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) organised a de-briefing online seminar on ‘Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) (Bangladesh)’ on Thursday.

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has started Online Fellowship Programme titled ‘Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)’.

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) on Saturday ordered all workers to show their identity cards when entering the capital from outside.

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) has launched a telemedicine service for workers amid the coronavirus outbreak   To prevent the spread of coronavirus and to raise awareness, 11 physicians will provide health services over phone from their respective work stations from 10am to 2pm daily.   Working class people from across the country will be able to get health advice related to coronavirus by contacting concerned doctors (MBBS) over phone.   If any labourer has symptoms of coronavirus, the physicians will give advice and if it required, necessary arrangements will be confirmed via return message, said a press release.   The phone numbers are- Head office Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)-01797011919 Dhaka- 01714266843, 01972138530, 01711240390 Gazipur-01847129493 Narayanganj-01722909122, 01787386361 Barishal-01936493427 Chattogram-01712383773 Khulna-01749599797 Sylhet-01914300917