Dhaka, July 19 -- Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury on Sunday urged the visiting Director General of the International Labour Organization, Gilbert F Houngbo, to expedite the resolution of a long-standing Article 26 case against Bangladesh, citing sweeping reforms in the country's labour sector.

An Article 26 complaint is the ILO's highest-level investigative procedure, used when a member state violates a ratified convention. The Article 26 complaint case against Bangladesh was filed in 2019 over non-observance of Conventions No. 81 (Labor Inspection), No. 87 (Freedom of Association), and No. 98 (Right to Organize), according to information available on the ILO's website.

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