RMG
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.
Funding decarbonisation in RMG sector requires smart policies
The challenges are multifaceted, from a heavy reliance on fossil fuels to inefficiencies within factory operations.
Labour unrest caused $400m loss in garment industry: BGMEA
Work orders from international brands returning as normalcy returns
How our RMG industry empowered women
The RMG industry has provided lakhs of women, with their first formal employment opportunities.
Opinion / Bangladesh on the renewable energy race track
A country’s energy mix may even one day override all other issues given the climate crisis we face.
Govt sets $110 billion export earnings for FY27
The government has set a target to export goods and services worth $110 billion in the fiscal year of 2026-27, which is double the earnings recorded in the last financial year
Will corporations finally be held accountable?
EU’s new law on corporate responsibility a step in the right direction
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?
Time for fashion brands, retailers to rethink green strategies
Over the past two or three years, we have seen a huge backlash against sustainability marketing in the West.
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.
RMG workers block road over arrears
The workers of a garment factory blocked a road in Hemayetpur area of Savar demanding their salaries yesterday.Nearly a thousand workers of Raquef Apparels Washing and Packaging Industries Ltd blocked Hemayetpur-Singair road at Tetuljhora area around 3:30pm, said Dhaka Industrial Police-1 assistant sub-inspector Korban Ali.
RMG makers can go digital to remain visible
As the global economy is threatened by recession, RMG makers will have to come up with strategies to deal.
RMG makers must adapt to the ongoing volatility
It seems that just as we recover from one crisis – the global pandemic – another one begins.
Bangladesh to remain RMG hotspot in future, buyers say
Bangladesh will remain as the preferred sourcing destination for readymade garment (RMG) items well into the future as the country has substantially improved production facilities and on compliance with regulations over the last few years, said international clothing retailers and brands yesterday.
Is foul play the new normal?
You may have already seen the social media campaign ‘#payup’, asking Kardashian sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner to pay up their suppliers in Bangladesh. You may have also read about British brand, Debenhams, which is asking for a whopping 90 percent discount on products from 40 suppliers in the country. What you may not know is that these are only two of at least 1,931 brands which have either delayed, put on hold, or straight-up cancelled their orders since the onset of Covid-19, as per data received from the BGMEA.
RMG vision: The immediate and the important
It's an era of innovation. It's an era of efficiency. In one part of the world, they are making “smart” jackets, which are creating a microclimate for the wearers, by using carbon fibre heating pads, and are also using Amazon's smart assistant Alexa to even pre-heat the jacket before the consumers are putting them on.
25 workers held over RMG unrest
Police yesterday arrested 25 garment workers from Ashulia and Savar industrial zones for their alleged involvement in vandalism, looting goods from factories, and torching vehicles during the weeklong labour unrest that ended on Tuesday.
Accord: blessing turns burden?
The call for suspending the operations of the Accord, an inspection and remediation platform of more than 200 global clothing retailers and brands, has been getting louder as garment factory owners are being forced to spend several billion dollars to improve workplace safety.
For further growth of our RMG
Since its foundation, the Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector has enjoyed rapid expansion, reaching an audience of international buyers and contributing to 83 percent of per annum exports, employing some 4.4 million people, and contributing over USD 32 billion to the economy.