Search results

1 killed, 12 injured in garment workers' minibus accident - Kyna Intel, 2021-07-30T15:28:30+07:00

"A minibus carrying garment workers has been involved in an accident in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria. A child named Eva (8) was killed. The accident took ...

Factory fined for operating during lockdown - Kyna Intel, 2021-07-30T15:28:30+07:00

"A fine of Tk 200,000 [$2,360.44] has been imposed on a garment factory called Sparrow Apparels in the Laxmipura area of Gazipur for ignoring strict lockdown ...

AAFA urges Biden to ramp up Covid vaccine supply to Bangladesh - Kyna Intel, 2021-07-30T15:28:30+07:00

"The American Apparel and Footwear Association has urged US president Joseph R Biden to increase the distribution of Covid vaccines to Bangladesh and other ...

Voice technology trialled in cotton fields - Kyna Intel, 2021-08-02T18:37:36+07:00

"The Better Cotton Initiative has announced a pilot trial of ‘Worker Voice Technology’ to understand the challenges people face, especially regarding labour. ...

Lockdown: On-again, off-again approach - Kyna Intel, 2021-10-10T20:50:52+07:00

"What happened following that announcement was terrible to watch. Tens of thousands of people, mostly garment workers and employees, came out of their village ...

Stay-at-work strategy boomerangs on factories as Covid clusters appear - Kyna Intel, 2021-10-10T20:50:52+07:00

"Several enterprises that applied the stay-at-work model over the past month have seen it backfire with more and more Covid-19 infections appearing in their ...

Quader blasts business leaders for breaking their promise - Kyna Intel, 2021-08-02T17:52:26+07:00

"Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said business people have failed to keep their promise of reopening the export oriented factories only ...

Factory Reopening: A mess-up hard to afford - Kyna Intel, 2021-08-02T17:52:26+07:00

"The government has made a complete mess of the reopening of export-oriented factories amid "strict lockdown" enforced to curb the spread of the novel ...

90pc RMG workers join work as factories reopen - Kyna Intel, 2021-08-02T17:52:27+07:00

"Around 90 per cent of the readymade garment workers on Sunday returned to their respective workplaces as factory owners opened their units on the day amid the ...

None will lose job for delays in rejoining factories: BGMEA president - Kyna Intel, 2021-10-10T20:50:52+07:00

"The garment workers will not lose jobs for delays in joining workplaces because of the restrictions on movement during lockdown, said Faruque Hassan, ...