Dhaka, June 8 -- Thousands, mostly garment workers, have lost their jobs amid a fall in production and work orders due to sluggish global demand and a loss of competitiveness. A total of 79 factories... Read More
Dhaka, June 7 -- Locally produced readymade garment exports continued to record negative growth in major destinations, including both traditional markets like the European Union, the US and the UK as ... Read More
Dhaka, June 2 -- Bangladesh, for the first time this year after nine consecutive years since 2017, has been dropped from the list of the world's top 10 worst countries for workers' rights, according t... Read More
Dhaka, June 1 -- The Minimum Wage Board has identified a total of 67 additional industrial sectors and proposed that the government take necessary measures to bring them under the formal wage regulati... Read More
Dhaka, May 24 -- Top global apparel brands source the highest volume of cotton T-shirts for the European Union from Bangladesh while paying the lowest prices, keeping manufacturing costs at unsustaina... Read More
Dhaka, May 6 -- India is ready to work towards constructive, pragmatic and forward- looking relationship with Bangladesh based on "mutual respect and benefits", India's foreign secretary reaffirms the... Read More
Dhaka, April 24 -- Over a decade gone by since the disastrous Rana plaza collapse, 665 out of 1800 listed garment factories in Bangladesh have so far completed initially identified fire-, electrical-a... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- American buyers are carefully monitoring the newly negotiated US trade agreement with Bangladesh, especially its textile -and apparel-specific provisions, to recalibrate their appar... Read More
Dhaka, April 12 -- Bangladesh's garment industry has defended its growth model amid a US investigation, arguing that its expansion reflects global demand rather than excess capacity or market distorti... Read More
Dhaka, April 7 -- Workers in the country's ship-breaking industry are set to receive social protection under a new Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) pilot launched recently. Earlier, in June 2022, the E... Read More