Two cases filed against 1,100 RMG workers
The police on Friday filed two cases with Vasantek and Kafrul police stations in Dhaka against 1,100 unnamed readymade garment workers for setting fire to an army jeep and a police van...
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Garment Sramik Samhati demands wage increase of garment workers
Politicians, academics, garment labour leaders and professionals on Friday at a national conference in Dhaka called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to resolve...
Promote responsible business conduct in RMG sector, experts urge govt, brands
Experts and labour leaders on Thursday said that the government and the global brands could play a crucial role in promoting responsible business conduct within the readymade garment supply chain by upholding national and international standards to enhance workers鈥� quality of life and social security...
Career prospects of female RMG workers facing hurdles: experts
Experts and labour rights campaigners on Monday said that the long-term career prospects for female workers in Bangladesh鈥檚 garment industry had been getting hindered by challenges such as traditional gender norms, burden of unpaid care work, inadequate gender-friendly working conditions in some factories and limited job security along with age barriers...
RMG worker injured in Ashulia clash dies at DMCH
A female readymade garment worker who sustained injuries during a clash between security forces and workers over arrears died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital...
OECD launches guidelines on living wage due diligence
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, has developed a handbook to guide companies in applying the OECD due diligence framework to support living incomes and living wages in global supply chains...
India鈥檚 green fashion lovers switch to secondhand
India鈥檚 enormous garment sector churns out billions of dollars鈥� worth of new clothes each year, but some local fashion lovers are switching to secondhand to assuage worries about the industry鈥檚 environmental impact.
10-member support committee formed to assist BGMEA administrator
A support committee comprising 10 members of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association was formed to assist the newly appointed administrator of the trade body on Thursday.
RMG sector losing work orders due to labour unrest: Tapan
Square Group chief executive officer Tapan Chowdhury on Wednesday said that a significant number of garment work orders had been relocated from Bangladesh to other countries due to nearly a month of labour unrest in the major industrial zones in Ashulia and Gazipur...
RMG factories fire workers amid unrest
A number of readymade garment units in Ashulia, Savar and Gazipur have terminated many of their workers amid ongoing labour unrest in the Dhaka and Gazipur industrial belts, demanding...
RMG labour unrest goes on
While the intensity of the ongoing labour movement has waned, the unrest, particularly in the readymade garment industry, persists, as workers from various factories staged demonstrations and...
Labour leaders for implementation of 18-point tripartite resolution
Leaders of 20 garment workers right organisations on Sunday called on the interim government to implement the 18-point resolutions of the tripartite committee and taking actions against some alleged 鈥榩lunderer鈥� garment factory owners...
Bangladesh: yesterday and tomorrow
BANGLADESH became an independent nation-state in 1971. In its 53 years of Journey, Bangladesh has many success stories to tell, from being considered a bottomless basket to an emerging economy. Globalisation brought enormous opportunities for Bangladesh. Our economic successes have been pivoted on two footsolders: 4.22 million garment...
Apprel exporters warn of lawsuit against EFL
A group of readymade garment exporters on Saturday issued a warning to Expo Freight Limited, a freight forwarding company, saying that they would file a lawsuit if the company fails to pay $10.21 million in outstanding arrears within the next 15 days...
70 RMG units halt production amid unrest
At least 70 readymade garment factories in Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur suspended production on Wednesday amid workers鈥� protests over various demands...
65 RMG factories suspend production amid worker unrest
At least 65 more readymade garment factories suspended operation on Sunday in Savar, Ashulia and Zirani area while garment workers in Gazipur blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for about four hours to press home their demands...
50 RMG units suspend operations amid unrest
At least 51 readymade garment factories in Ashulia and Gazipur suspended operations on Saturday, primarily after lunch, as workers staged protests over arrears, the reopening of factories, and demands for a wage increase...
RMG owners accept most demands of workers
In the face of continued workers鈥� protests, garment industry owners on Tuesday agreed to meet almost all their demands, including an increase in attendance bonuses, and...
Fresh labour unrest shuts 70 apparel factories in Bangladesh
The authorities of at least 70 industrial units, including 59 readymade garment factories in Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur, were forced to suspend operations on Monday as fresh workers鈥� protests broke out...
Beximco seeks govt support to sustain operations
The Beximco Group has sought support from the government to maintain its export-oriented garment and textile operations...
Minimum wages for non-RMG export sector workers poor
Workers in different export sectors except readymade garments in the country earn minimum wages ranging from Tk聽6,700 to Tk聽8,050, a level that labour rights advocates deem inadequate and insufficient to meet basic living costs...
Female RMG worker killed in clash
A female readymade garment worker was killed during a clash between workers in the Zirabo area of Ashulia on the outskirt of Dhaka city on Tuesday.
NGWF calls on interim govt to stop anarchies in garment sector
Leaders of National Garment Workers Federation on Sunday at a press conference in Dhaka called on the interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus to take stern actions to...
Labour situation in RMG sector improves
The labour situation in the readymade garment sector in Ashulia and Gazipur industrial areas improved on Sunday while fresh unrest occurred in the Dhaka metropolitan area on the day...
Labour leaders pledge help to run apparel factories in Bangladesh after unrest
Labour leaders on Saturday urged the factory owners to reopen their units today, assuring an all-out support from the trade unions to continue production in the readymade garment sector.
All RMG units to reopen today
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has decided to reopen all the readymade garment factories in the labour unrest-affected industrial areas in...
100 RMG units shut amid unrest
Labour unrest in the readymade garment sector continued on Tuesday as production was halted in around 100 factories in Ashulia and Gazipur industrial areas.聽
Production at 100 RMG units halted for labour unrest
Production was halted in over 100 readymade garment factory units on Monday amid labour unrest in Ashulia and Gazipur industrial areas.
Trial of killers of garment workers demanded
The mass inquiry committee on killing of garment workers in 2023 on Saturday demanded trials of killers of garment workers during the movement of wage increase and demanded adequate compensations for the affected families...
Outsiders provoke RMG workers鈥� unrest: IBC
The Industriall Bangladesh Council at a press conference on Saturday said that outsiders provoked readymade garment workers to start the recent unrest as none of their member organisations supported demonstration at this time...