RMG Bangladesh

The real comparative advantage of Bangladesh

The overwhelming consensus among experts and media professionals is that cheap labour is Bangladesh’s primary comparative advantage.

How garment manufacturers can cut costs

And while cost reduction is essential, it should not come at the expense of product quality.

What future will young workers work for?

The tragic reality is that we've utterly failed to incorporate young workers into our economic and political discourse

Bangladesh now top knitwear supplier to EU

Bangladesh’s knitwear exports to the European Union grew to $9 billion in the first nine months of 2023

Responsible investors can transform fashion supply chains

Fashion and textile supply chains stand to benefit greatly from the rise of the responsible investor.

We wouldn't be worried about US labour policy if we upheld labour rights

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.

'China, India can't replace our export market to the US, EU'

M Touhid Hossain, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh, discusses the implications and significance of the recent US labour rights policy with The Daily Star.

There is no ‘development’ without a living wage

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?

Growth at stake as R&D goes missing / Garment sector sets worst example among industries

The R&D allocation is too meagre for an economy like Bangladesh

January 30, 2024
January 30, 2024

The real comparative advantage of Bangladesh

The overwhelming consensus among experts and media professionals is that cheap labour is Bangladesh’s primary comparative advantage.

January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024

How garment manufacturers can cut costs

And while cost reduction is essential, it should not come at the expense of product quality.

December 20, 2023
December 20, 2023

What future will young workers work for?

The tragic reality is that we've utterly failed to incorporate young workers into our economic and political discourse

December 18, 2023
December 18, 2023

Bangladesh now top knitwear supplier to EU

Bangladesh’s knitwear exports to the European Union grew to $9 billion in the first nine months of 2023

December 10, 2023
December 10, 2023

Responsible investors can transform fashion supply chains

Fashion and textile supply chains stand to benefit greatly from the rise of the responsible investor.

November 25, 2023
November 25, 2023

We wouldn't be worried about US labour policy if we upheld labour rights

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.

November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023

'China, India can't replace our export market to the US, EU'

M Touhid Hossain, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh, discusses the implications and significance of the recent US labour rights policy with The Daily Star.

November 18, 2023
November 18, 2023

There is no ‘development’ without a living wage

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?

November 12, 2023
November 12, 2023

Garment sector sets worst example among industries

The R&D allocation is too meagre for an economy like Bangladesh

November 9, 2023
November 9, 2023

You can’t quell workers’ hunger by opening fire on them

Rather than assuage the workers by announcing a respectable wage, the wage board has essentially fuelled workers’ outrage and made a mockery of the wage negotiation process

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