BGMEA enrolls 128 new RMG factories
About 113 readymade garment factory units under the membership of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association have been closed in the last 15 months, from January 2024 to March 2025...
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Death toll 21 in India factory blast
An explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in western India left 21 people dead and several others injured on Tuesday, officials said...
German factory orders post biggest drop in a year
German industrial orders in January posted their biggest monthly fall in a year, data showed Friday, underlining the challenges faced by Europe鈥檚 top economy before a new government takes office.
Garment Sramik Oikya Forum demands release of its leader
Leaders of Garment Sramik Oikya Forum, a garment workers鈥� rights body, on Tuesday at a press conference demanded immediate release of its Ashulia thana committee president Khorshed Alam and Beximco garment factory workers as well as resolution to crisis of the factories...
Two more RMG units get LEED certification
Two more readymade garment factory units in Bangladesh have gained the United States Green Building Council鈥檚 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certificates, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
Many RMG, textile units yet to pay Dec wages
Over one hundred readymade garment factory units in the country are yet to pay wages and allowances of December, 2024 to their workers within the first week of February, which is approaching its end...
6 arrested over attack during DoE drive
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday said that six people were arrested in connection with an attack on officials from the Department of Environment during a drive at an illegal polythene factory in Dhaka鈥檚 Chawk Bazar area on Sunday...
Govt should make apparel factory owners behave in paying workers
WORKERS of an apparel factory on the Ashulia outskirt of the capital city, reported to have been abstaining from work for several days, had blocked the Dhaka鈥揟angail Highway on January 13 for five hours, which majorly disrupted traffic. The workers are reported to be pushing for the demand for job termination benefits. The law enforcement agencies used...
RMG workers block highway for benefit
Several hundred workers of a readymade garment factory at Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, on Monday blocked the Dhaka-Tangail Highway for five hours demanding their termination benefit...
German factory orders fall
German industrial orders fell 5.4 per cent in November, official data showed on Wednesday, in the latest sign of the headwinds facing Europe鈥檚 largest economy...
Consist Apparels earns LEED certification
Consist Apparels Limited has become the first readymade garment factory this year to receive platinum LEED certification...
Gazipur fire death toll rises to three
Another body was recovered from the debris of a button manufacturing factory in Gazipur鈥檚 Sreepur upazila Monday morning, raising the death toll from Sunday鈥檚 fire to three.
Man killed, buried at his factory at Kamrangirchar
Police recovered the buried body of Nur-e-Alam, 57, a cloth printing factory owner, from his factory in Dhaka鈥檚 Kamrangirchar area Tuesday evening...
Germany sees surprise drop in factory output in Oct
German factory output suffered a surprise drop in October, official data showed Friday, underlining the persistent troubles faced by Europe鈥檚 biggest聽economy...
CEPZ factory catches fire
A fire broke out at a carton factory in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone on Saturday evening. Eight units of the Fire Service and two units of the navy contained the blaze after about four hours.聽
Justice remains elusive
Justice has remained unfulfilled in the past 12 years since the devastating Tazreen Fashions factory fire that took 119 lives on November 24, 2012.
Drive against polythene postponed amid protests
The Department of Environment-led joint drives against manufacturing illegal polythene bags were postponed halfway on Wednesday amid protests by polythene factory workers at Kamalbagh of Chawk Bazar in Old Dhaka...
German factory orders up
German industrial orders rebounded more than expected in September, official data showed Wednesday, but analysts warned a Donald Trump victory in the United States could present...
Another RMG factory obtains LEED certification
One more Bangladeshi garment factory, Cotton Field BD Limited, obtained the platinum LEED certification given by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
China鈥檚 second-generation factory owners go digital to combat challenges
Dressed in a pristine white knit top, Robyn Qiu cut an incongruous figure in her parents鈥� dusty, hangar-like metal hardware factory in eastern China as she gestured excitedly while an assistant filmed her on a smartphone...
Apparel workers block highway in Ashulia causing traffic jam
Garment factory workers once again staged a protest by blocking the Nabinagar-Chandra Highway in Ashulia on Thursday morning, causing serious traffic congestion over a 3-kilometre stretch of the busy road.
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...
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.
Boeing and striking workers to resume negotiations 鈥榥ext week鈥�
Talks between Boeing and striking US factory workers are due to resume early next week under a federal mediator, the government said Friday, after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject an earlier proposal from the embattled aviation giant...
Factory set on fire as unrest on
Ongoing labour unrest in the readymade garment sector led to the shutdown of 114 factories in Ashulia and Gazipur industrial areas on Wednesday, while agitating workers set fire to a factory in Kashimpur following a clash between two groups of workers...
RMG factory unrest situation improving
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...
Volkswagen considering factory closure in Germany
German automotive giant Volkswagen said Monday it could close production sites in Germany, as the auto industry struggles to manage rising costs...
Gazi tyre factory fire completely doused
The Fire Service and Civil Defence on Friday said that the fire that broke out at Gazi Auto Tyres Factory in Rupganj of Narayanganj on Sunday night was completely doused after...
Gazi tyre factory fire not fully doused in 3 days
The fire that broke out at Gazi Auto Tyres Factory in the Rupganj area of Narayanganj on Sunday night was yet to be completely doused after nearly three days...
Gazi tyres factory fire yet to be doused completely, building at risk of collapse
The fire that broke out at Gazi Auto Tyres Factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday night was yet to completely douse after burning for nearly 44 hours on Tuesday, leaving the factory at risk of collapse...
