Dhaka, April 30 -- Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said amendment is being brought to labour act, keeping the provision of a 15 per cent trade union threshold in all the factories in the country.

"As long as the labour amendment bill is not passed, we will listen to all our stakeholders or those international agencies that advocate for labour rights. We would see whether there is any difference between the way we protect labour rights in our country as per the ideology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the advice of the stakeholders," he said.

The minister said these while talking to newsmen after coming out of his meeting with a delegation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) at th...