The USA's overall apparel imports from the world also fell by 0.33 percent to $67.04 billion during the January-October period, the data showed. China ranked first in apparel shipments to the USA, with Vietnam in second place
Around 10,000 garment workers of two factories in Gazipur's Konabari today staged a work absentia demanding the reinstatement of their sacked collegues
Traffic returns to normalcy after workers assured of arrear payments
Delayed salary payment from a handful of RMG factory owners triggered the latest bout of labour unrest
Bangladesh shipped $5.41 billion worth of apparels to the American market in the nine months
Habib won the first prize in the private sector category for series reports on "War hit private sector harder than pandemic"
Exporters say the traditional air shipment routes through Dhaka, Kolkata, Colombo or Singapore had either become too expensive or too slow
Bangladesh Apparel Exchange will organise the two-day expo
At least nine people were arrested over clashes between police, army personnel, and demonstrating RMG workers in the capital’s Kachukhet and Mirpur-14 areas on Thursday.
A female garment worker succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday after being injured allegedly from police firing during a recent protest demanding arrears in Ashulia
They are: Md Shahidullah Azim, Enamul Haque Khan (Bablu), Miran Ali, M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Asif Ashraf, Rezwan Selim, ANM Saifuddin, Md Shihabuduzza Chowdhury, Shams Mahmud and Sharif Zahir
Fashion brands, including H&M and Zara, are facing criticism over their lack of action to protect workers' basic rights in Bangladesh, according to Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC)..One year after a violent crackdown by state actors and employers against Bangladeshi garment workers protesting
The Clean Clothes Campaign urges brands to take swift action
Work orders from international brands returning as normalcy returns
Labour and Employment Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan today said the government planned to initiate a pension scheme for readymade garment (RMG) workers to ensure their financial security after retirement
About 99.26 percent garments factories are open now at Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur
At least twenty workers of a garment factory in Ashulia industrial area were assaulted today which the workers claimed were orchestrated by the factory authorities
The company is responsible for paying the arrears for goods supplied to now-bankrupt British retailer Debenhams
