Dhaka, March 25 -- Some 416 factories, including textile and readymade garment (RMG), across the country, except for Dhaka metropolitan area, are 'vulnerable' to labour unrest over payment of wages an... Read More
Dhaka, March 24 -- The garment factories in Bangladesh have the largest gender pay gaps between 22 per cent and 30 per cent for base wage, according to a latest study. On the other hand, for the garm... Read More
Dhaka, March 14 -- The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) -- a Washington-based trade association representing US textile manufacturers -- has accused five Asian apparel suppliers includ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- A sagging mood in global economy sent Bangladesh's apparel exports ebbing down, with the receipts from its largest market-the European Union---declining over 20 per cent in the past ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Though there is a workers' biometric database system, majority members of the apparel apex body did not regularly update the required information, depriving the workers of financial ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Bangladesh's apparel exports to the United States -- its biggest export market -- plunged by more than 25 per cent in 2023, as a global economic slowdown combined with local productio... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Umpteen adversities like global demand fall, high cost of production and US dollar problems have forced closure of a good number of garment factories across Bangladesh, sources in the... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- A good number of garment factories across the country, except for the ones in Dhaka metropolitan area, are yet to implement the new wage structure, industry insiders said. They said ... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Apparel shipments to the UK showed an exception with a double-digit growth amid a downturn in other major traditional markets, like the European Union, the United States and Canada, ... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- Bangladesh is among five Asian apparel-manufacturing countries coming under a new US fact-finding investigation into industry status and export competitiveness. The other garment-ex... Read More