Bangladesh is very good at making cotton clothes but non-cotton products could be bolstered by foreign investment
Unless a holistic approach is taken, the sector will continue to fall short of international standards.
Protect worker rights for workers’ and the industry’s sake
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?
While the prime minister is unofficially on her campaign trail, the opposition camp is on the run.
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
Latest amendment does not do enough to conform to international labour standards
If unrest hampers operation, factories will be shut, the association says
Who gave them the power or direction to shoot protesters in the first place?
Congratulations and a big round of applause are due to Bangladesh’s apparel makers for bringing glory to the nation by reaching a new milestone of having 200 globally certified green factories.
The debate over wage increase has risen at a time when the majority of people in the country are suffering due to skyrocketing commodity prices
The absence of official commemorations and limited reference of Rana Plaza in national policy documents raise concerns about the commitment to bring about structural changes in our RMG industry.
There is no doubt that automation can be both a threat and an opportunity for our garment industry and its workers, depending on how it is implemented and managed.
Apart from garment items, some non-traditional products played a vital role in gaining export earnings for Bangladesh even amid the global economic slowdown in the previous fiscal year.
The garment makers' platform sits with EU ambassador today
It gives special training to 160 students, weavers, Jamdani makers
Their two-day tour began on June 18
An IFC, ILO assessment finds
Garment exports to the US, the single largest export destination of Bangladesh, declined by 17.88 percent year on year in January-April period.