What is more important: being a successful, financially viable business, or being a sustainable business?
The overwhelming consensus among experts and media professionals is that cheap labour is Bangladesh’s primary comparative advantage.
And while cost reduction is essential, it should not come at the expense of product quality.
The tragic reality is that we've utterly failed to incorporate young workers into our economic and political discourse
Bangladesh’s knitwear exports to the European Union grew to $9 billion in the first nine months of 2023
Fashion and textile supply chains stand to benefit greatly from the rise of the responsible investor.
If this is the situation with labour rights in the country, we should fear not only the repercussions of the US memorandum, but also potential actions of the European Union.
M Touhid Hossain, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh, discusses the implications and significance of the recent US labour rights policy with The Daily Star.
If we can feed the RMG industry with blood, sweat, and taxes year after year, surely we should be able to decide the bare minimum that it pays its workers?
What is more important: being a successful, financially viable business, or being a sustainable business?
The overwhelming consensus among experts and media professionals is that cheap labour is Bangladesh’s primary comparative advantage.
And while cost reduction is essential, it should not come at the expense of product quality.
The tragic reality is that we've utterly failed to incorporate young workers into our economic and political discourse
Bangladesh’s knitwear exports to the European Union grew to $9 billion in the first nine months of 2023
Fashion and textile supply chains stand to benefit greatly from the rise of the responsible investor.
If this is the situation with labour rights in the country, we should fear not only the repercussions of the US memorandum, but also potential actions of the European Union.
M Touhid Hossain, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh, discusses the implications and significance of the recent US labour rights policy with The Daily Star.
If we can feed the RMG industry with blood, sweat, and taxes year after year, surely we should be able to decide the bare minimum that it pays its workers?
The R&D allocation is too meagre for an economy like Bangladesh