State Minister of Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian MP handing over the Government’s endorsement letter on the ratification of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the ILO headquarters in Geneva on 22 March 2022 at 10:30 am local time. With this ratification, Bangladesh has now ratified all eight of ILO’s ‘Fundamental Conventions’ covering social and labour issues that are considered fundamental to rights at work. Representatives from the Government, the ILO, and Bangladesh Employers’ Federation Secretary-General Farooq Ahmed were also present during the handover event.