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300 garment factories shut amid lingering protests

Nearly 300 garment factories were shut amid lingering protests by workers in Gazipur and Ashulia today to press home their demand for an increase in the minimum wage, according to industrial police.

17 garment makers taking part in German summer exhibitions

Seventeen Bangladeshi textile and garment companies took part in three international summer exhibitions -- Techtextil, Texprocess and the Heimtextil -- in Germany’s Frankfort.

Green Garment Factories / Bangladesh leads the way

Bangladesh has more green garment factories than any other country in the world.

Tazreen Fire: 5 years on, the pain lingers

Shobita Rani has been unemployed most of the last five years despite being hired a couple of times by garment factories in Savar.

Baptised With Fire: First to arrive, last to leave

Bangladesh faced a national crisis when an eight-story building called Rana Plaza housing several garment factories collapsed to the ground, leaving a huge pile of rubble and thousands of lives trapped underneath. It was the deadliest building collapse in modern human history that shook the nation to its core.

3 years of Rana Plaza disaster / CPD hails reform measures

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday lauded the reforms made after the Rana Plaza disaster to ensure workers' safety at

November 2, 2023
November 2, 2023

300 garment factories shut amid lingering protests

Nearly 300 garment factories were shut amid lingering protests by workers in Gazipur and Ashulia today to press home their demand for an increase in the minimum wage, according to industrial police.

June 13, 2023
June 13, 2023
June 22, 2022
June 22, 2022

17 garment makers taking part in German summer exhibitions

Seventeen Bangladeshi textile and garment companies took part in three international summer exhibitions -- Techtextil, Texprocess and the Heimtextil -- in Germany’s Frankfort.

March 2, 2018
March 2, 2018

Bangladesh leads the way

Bangladesh has more green garment factories than any other country in the world.

November 24, 2017
November 24, 2017

Tazreen Fire: 5 years on, the pain lingers

Shobita Rani has been unemployed most of the last five years despite being hired a couple of times by garment factories in Savar.

October 28, 2016
October 28, 2016

Baptised With Fire: First to arrive, last to leave

Bangladesh faced a national crisis when an eight-story building called Rana Plaza housing several garment factories collapsed to the ground, leaving a huge pile of rubble and thousands of lives trapped underneath. It was the deadliest building collapse in modern human history that shook the nation to its core.

April 24, 2016
April 24, 2016

CPD hails reform measures

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday lauded the reforms made after the Rana Plaza disaster to ensure workers' safety at

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