"A child named Ankhi Moni (3) died after being burnt in a fire from a cylinder gas stove at Ashulia in Savar. [...] DEPZ fire service personnel said their three-year-old son Ankhi Moni was playing wit ...
"The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sent letters to representatives of developed countries and regional organisations seeking vaccine assistance for garment wor ...
"Representatives of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have expressed interest in collaborating to further facilitate the ...
"Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek re ...
"Neither the labour organisations nor the apparel factory owners nor the government agencies take responsibility for recurring labour unrests that often cause people immense suffering. In the latest i ...
"There’s no doubt that the tumultuous events of the past 18 months led to the massive disruption of many key supply chains. Although industries experienced supply chain fragility before the Covid-19 p ...
"A joint platform at national level is necessary to safeguard workers’ rights and labour movement. The health and safety conditions in factories are still worst despite Ali Enterprises [Baldia] factor ...
"Emphasizing the need for a smoother and more sustainable supply chain and sourcing of apparels, President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Faruque Hassan has ...
"This week Post literary editor Charmaine Chan speaks with Maxine Bedat, author of Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, about her idea to follow the journey of an imaginary pair of jeans, from ...
A clear statement against fast fashion in a short YouTube video called Decision (01:43-minute video). ...
"You might have heard of shopping referred to as “retail therapy.” Some have suggested that buying stuff, especially new clothes, can make you feel better. In the past 18 months, many have turned to s ...
The 'Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation Act, 2006' was declared effective from October 1 of that year, and was enacted into law for the welfare of workers and their families engaged in the instituti ...
"Four fashion power brokers offer their lessons and predictions. [...] Our panel included Anna Wintour, the chief content officer of Condé Nast (and honorary chairman of the Met gala, taking place the ...
"Fashion has yet to crack industrial-scale recycling technologies that can keep clothes out of landfill. But there are solutions on the horizon, says Edwin Keh. [...] This week on The BoF Podcast, chi ...
A fire broke out at Al Baraka Knitwear factory in the BSCIC area of Fatullah around 11am on Saturday (September 11). After receiving the news of the fire, two units of Fatullah Fire Service brought th ...
"A virtual roundtable titled 'Health Insurance for RMG Workers in Bangladesh: Designing Policy and Management Structure' was organized on 18 August 2021. It was jointly organized by the Health Economi ...
"Trimoyee, a startup working for women, organised an eye treatment camp at a ready-made garment (RMG) factory in the capital Sunday. Citing a report of the United States Agency for International Devel ...
"We talked to seven women pushing for (and making!) major change in the fashion industry. Updating codes of green-centric marketing, demanding garment worker protections, and understanding the effects ...
"I am beginning to wonder whether we need our own internal anti-dumping laws in Bangladesh when it comes to cotton apparel. Confused? Well, allow me to explain. As a ready-made garment manufacturing h ...
"The ninth anniversary of the tragic Baldia factory inferno in which over 260 workers lost their lives was observed here on Saturday. Jointly organised by the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) an ...
