Formalise the invisible workforce

On July 1, The Daily Star shared horrific pictures of the violence inflicted upon 14 year old Asma Khatun, a domestic worker employed in the capital's Uttara. A year ago, she had been employed for Tk 5,000 per month by Abu Taher and his wife, who promised to care for her "like their own daughter". No such thing happened of course, and she was made to work throughout the day,