Why can’t Bangladesh have its own global apparel brand?
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers immense potential to transform Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector
Competitive market pressures, fluctuations in raw material prices responsible for the decline
Explore social compliance audits in Bangladesh’s RMG sector and their impact on workers.
Bangladesh has emerged as an economic success story, primarily through its booming ready-made garments (RMG) sector.
Beximco's problems are evidence of a number of ongoing problems in the garment industry.
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
Bangladesh has a class problem which deters from effective conversations about the many barriers to operational unionisation in the garment industry.
The challenges are multifaceted, from a heavy reliance on fossil fuels to inefficiencies within factory operations.
While Bangladesh’s garment sector struggles to transition from basic products to high-end items, too many companies are going in for the same international contracts, intensifying competition among themselves.
Walk down the road in Savar, Gazipur or Narayanganj in the morning hours and you will see a long line of workers heading to work.
Rising emphasis on recycling and sustainability from global brands is driving the cotton waste export from Bangladesh
Except knitwear, exports earnings have been in decline across the other seven major sectors according to data by EPB
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
