The global trade environment is becoming increasingly uncertain, and Bangladesh cannot afford to be complacent.
A country’s energy mix may even one day override all other issues given the climate crisis we face.
EU’s new law on corporate responsibility a step in the right direction
Let’s visit this discussion on three levels of analysis on the local, national, and global scenarios and impacts.
First, is any of this even ethical? Second, how is Shein retailing clothing so cheaply?
Growth is crucial, but it should never come at the expense of the environment and human life.
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.
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
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
Investing more in research and development vital for future economic growth
Will the wage board and our policymakers truly hear the stories of backbreaking work and heartbreaking debt of the garment workers, who have kept the economy going even at its worst phases?
Why should there be two different food standards for two social strata?
