RMG Bangladesh
Will corporations finally be held accountable?
EU’s new law on corporate responsibility a step in the right direction
What the Rana Plaza tragedy means in 2024
Let’s visit this discussion on three levels of analysis on the local, national, and global scenarios and impacts.
We need to know more about Shein’s $9 jeans
First, is any of this even ethical? Second, how is Shein retailing clothing so cheaply?
Bangladesh's struggle with GHG emissions in textile and RMG
Growth is crucial, but it should never come at the expense of the environment and human life.
Sustainability must equal financial viability
What is more important: being a successful, financially viable business, or being a sustainable business?
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
Bangladesh needs to invest more in R&D
Without it, our economic growth will lose momentum
The minimum wage question: Owner's profit versus worker's survival
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
Labour unions, rights activists tell EU rep want Tk 23k minimum wage for RMG
Labour unions and rights activists met Eamon Gilmore, the European Union’s special representative for human rights, in the capital today and raised their demand for a minimum wage of Tk 23,000 for the ready-made garment sector.
Making Bangladeshi workers safe for capitalism
If fast fashion must dominate the “national interest,” then at the very least we must compel the state apparatuses to play a truly mediating role on behalf of “the nation.
For the RMG industry, being sustainable is easier said than done
What happens when you have done all that you can, but your emissions continue to go in the wrong direction?
Garment Theft Ring: From ‘mastermind’ to ‘accused no 7’
Md Shahed alias Sayeed was arrested in September 2021 after police found his involvement in the theft of readymade garment products from goods-laden lorries on their way to the Chattogram port for shipment.
RMG shipments: At the mercy of highway robbers
Readymade garment manufacturer A Plus Sweater Ltd had sent an RMG consignment to Chattogram Port from its Gazipur factory on eight covered vans on October 29 last year for shipment to Brazil.
Talk of banning textile waste raises key questions for Bangladesh
In theory, this sounds like a good idea, but it is not so straightforward.
Renewed calls for major brands to sign Accord
Clean Clothes Campaign, the world’s largest alliance of garment industry labour unions, piled pressure on the major brands connected to the Tazreen factory fire to sign the International Accord, which protects workers in Bangladesh.
Tazreen Fire: A decade without justice
For 10 long years, the state has failed the victims of Tazreen and their families.
