RMG

Why our industrial future depends on women

The July uprising of 2024 paved the way for reimagining Bangladesh’s economic future.

It’s time Bangladesh built its own global apparel brand

Why can’t Bangladesh have its own global apparel brand?

Utilising AI in Bangladesh’s RMG sector

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers immense potential to transform Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector

Bangladesh's RMG exports to US fall in Jan-Nov

Competitive market pressures, fluctuations in raw material prices responsible for the decline 

Proper audits can ensure social compliance in the RMG industry

Explore social compliance audits in Bangladesh’s RMG sector and their impact on workers.

Charting a path ahead for the RMG sector

Bangladesh has emerged as an economic success story, primarily through its booming ready-made garments (RMG) sector.

How our RMG sector can thrive in 2025

Beximco's problems are evidence of a number of ongoing problems in the garment industry.

Garment exports to US decline   

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

The barriers to unionisation in the garment industry

Bangladesh has a class problem which deters from effective conversations about the many barriers to operational unionisation in the garment industry.

September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015

RMG workers block highway in Gazipur for salary

Agitating garment workers in Gazipur block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway demanding their salaries and festival bonus for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

September 12, 2015
September 12, 2015

100 workers fall sick at Gazipur RMG factory

100 workers of a readymade garment factory fall sick for unknown reason at Jarun in Konabari area of Gazipur area.

September 9, 2015
September 9, 2015

Ctg RMG workers’ blockade causes 4km gridlock

Workers of three readymade garment factories of Clifton Group put barricade on the Bayezid Bostami Road in Chittagong city, demanding their arrears that triggers around two kilometres gridlock on both sides of the road.

September 9, 2015
September 9, 2015

100 RMG workers fall sick ‘drinking water’ at factory

One-hundred workers of a garments factory had to take treatment at the hospital today after drinking water from the factory canteen.

September 6, 2015
September 6, 2015

Supreme Court lifts ban on Rana Plaza movie

Supreme Court clears way for release and screening of movie Rana Plaza, which is based on the miraculous rescue of garment worker Reshma 17 days into the 2013 collapse of the building in Savar.

September 3, 2015
September 3, 2015

USAID to give $18m for RMG factory upgradation

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provides $18 million for factory upgradation in the garment industry, the lifeline of Bangladesh economy.

June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015

Please, Mr Minister

Sitting in a factory in Guangzhou trying to order fire doors for the factories is no fun.

June 4, 2015
June 4, 2015

Export tax rises to 1pc

Finance Minister AMA Muhith in his budget speech proposes an increase of tax at source for all export sectors to 1 percent.

April 24, 2015
April 24, 2015

Call for Rana Plaza victims’ compensation

Garment workers’ rights bodies call for immediate compensation of Rana Plaza victims and swift punishment for the culprits behind the world’s biggest workplace disaster on the second anniversary of Rana Plaza collapse.

April 24, 2015
April 24, 2015

Let there be light

AT the beginning of the industrial revolution, a farmer was also able to make shoes, and the women spent their days making handmade pottery and spinning yarn or cloth.