RMG Sector
RMG Sector‘Legal action be taken if factory found open’
State minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said on Monday that legal action will be taken if any industrial factory is found open amid the strict lockdown imposed to prevent the spread ...
RMG owners to seek stimulus from govt again
Owners of the export-oriented readymade garment industry will approach the government for a stimulus package yet again after the on-going ‘strictest restrictions’ are lifted
Garment factory owners giving Eid holiday amid uncertainty
Owners of readymade garment and textile factories had demanded that the export-oriented industrial units remain open in the two weeks of strict lockdown following Eid
Vaccine without registration for workers in Gazipur from Sunday
Workers of Sparrow Apparels Limited in Lakshipura area, Tusuka Group in Konabari area and Rose Valley in Bhogra area will be vaccinated
RMG sector
Many garment factories yet to pay workers' wages
The holy festival of Eid-ul-Azha is fast approaching. However, more than five and a half hundred export-oriented garment and textile factories have still not paid the June wages of their workers
Bangladesh-France bilateral trade drops by 15pc in 2020
The bilateral trade between Bangladesh and France contracted for the first time in years in 2020 and came down to EUR 2.76 billion, showing a decrease of 15 per cent compared to 2019
Workplace deaths increase in non-RMG industries
At least 168 workers died in factory fires between 2018 and 7 July 2021. Of them 167 workers were from the non-RMG sector. The fire incident injured more than 300 non-RMG workers and at least 40 RMG ...
Bangladesh factory fires recurring nightmare
The authorities promised better safety standards after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, which killed more than 1,100 workers and injured hundreds in 2013 in Bangladesh’s apparel industry’s ...
Export revenue increases in FY2020-21 even during pandemic
The country’s export earnings grew by 15 per cent in 2020-21 fiscal even during the coronavirus pandemic
Walt Disney reinstates Bangladesh as sourcing country
BGMEA has welcomed Walt Disney's move to reinstate Bangladesh as a permitted sourcing country.
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