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...
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...
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...
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...
The Beximco Group has sought support from the government to maintain its export-oriented garment and textile operations...
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...
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.
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...
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 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.
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has decided to reopen all the readymade garment factories in the labour unrest-affected industrial areas in...
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 was halted in over 100 readymade garment factory units on Monday amid labour unrest in Ashulia and Gazipur industrial areas.
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...
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...
Security measures have been heightened in Gazipur as all industries, including garment factories, have been reopened.
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati leaders on Friday at a rally in Ashulia called on the interim government to take steps to foil conspiracies to ruin the garment sector of the country.
At least 21 people, including jhut (cutting waste, fluffs and scraps from readymade garment factories) traders, were detained from Ashulina, Savar and Gazipur between Thursday night and Friday afternoon for...
Authorities were forced to close at least 130 readymade garment factories in Ashulia and Zirabo areas after 3:00 pm on Thursday due to labour unrest...
Authorities were forced to close around 167 readymade garment factories on Wednesday in the industrial areas of Ashulia, Savar and Gazipur as labour unrest escalated despite increased deployment of law enforcement agencies, including military forces...
Operations in the country鈥檚 readymade garment factories were almost normal till noon on Tuesday, but authorities were compelled to shut down at least 135 units at Ashulia in Dhaka and Gazipur after 4:00pm due to unrests...
Authorities on Monday were forced to suspend productions at around 150 readymade garment factories in several industrial areas including Ashulia, Gazipur and Narayanganj due to...
A group of members of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Saturday demanded dissolution of the current boards of the BGMEA and BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology...
The country鈥檚 apparel makers on Saturday said that the recent flooding had disrupted the readymade garment sector supply chain by submerging the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and sought alternative routes for transportation of goods in time of any natural calamities...
Leaders of Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati at a rally on Friday placed three demands, including trial into the murder of garment workers in the police firing during the...
Business leaders on Thursday sought support from the Bangladesh Army for preventing extortion and enhanced security for industrial and commercial establishments to ensure an uninterrupted supply chain...
Leaders of Garment Workers鈥� Trade Union Centre and Garments Sramik Front on Friday at two separate rallies in Dhaka demanded trials of killers of the workers killed...
Exporters on Monday urged the government to seek a deferral of the country鈥檚 graduation from the least developed country status to a developing country status, saying that the decision on the graduation was made based on fabricated economic data...
The country鈥檚 business leaders on Sunday sought more security for factories and goods carrying vehicles on roads and highways...
A cross section of people including leaders of garment workers, researchers, teachers and cultural activists on Sunday demanded that the newly formed interim government should work for ensuring basic rights of garment workers.....