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.
Bangladesh to set up textile park in Gujarat
Bangladesh is set to join Gujarat’s textile park bandwagon, reports Times of India.
‘Dhaka closely working with US to root out terrorism’
Bangladesh is diligently working with the United States to root out violent extremism, says Bangladesh Ambassador to the US Mohammad Ziauddin.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Please, Mr Minister
Sitting in a factory in Guangzhou trying to order fire doors for the factories is no fun.
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.