Dhaka, May 1 -- Addressing a May Day rally, Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair, Assistant Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Friday said improving the lives and livelihoods of workers is essential for national progress.

"Working class do perform the duty risking their lives. We want to build a just society for them," he said while addressing a rally at Bhogra Bypass in Gazipur, marking the historic International Workers' Day.

The programme was organised by the Bangladesh Workers' Welfare Federation Gazipur Metropolitan unit.

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