File photo: Workers from both formal and informal sectors participate in a May Day parade in Dhaka on May 1, 2019 Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneInternational Workers' Day has been observed across the globe since 1886The historic May Day will be observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere across the world with due respect. The day has been observed across the globe since 1886 commemorating the supreme sacrifices of the workers at Hay Market, Chicago, in the USA for eight-hour working days and upholding the rights of the workpeople, reports BSS. To press home their demands, working people had to sacrifice their valuable lives in tragic bomb attacks and police atrocities on May 1, 1886, and the following days. President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the occasion of the historic May Day. However, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, no government or private programs have been this year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 30, 2020 10:41 UTC