Bangladesh’s textile sector needs adequate funds, technology and policy support to ensure a circular economy, which will be a major requirement to export products to western countries in upcoming years, experts said yesterday.

The government is going to hold a dialogue today on the latest labour rights situation as both the US and the European Union (EU), two major export destinations, are putting pressure for implementing commitments made in a National Action Plan (NAP).

Nearly 1,000 workers of Dird Composite Textiles Ltd staged a sit-in in front of the Department for Inspection of Factories and Establishments (Dife) and the Department of Labour (DoL) yesterday, demanding arrears amounting to nearly Tk 70 crore.

Bangladesh’s net export earnings from the shipment of readymade garments (RMG) contributed to over 70 percent of the gross export receipts for the third consecutive quarter ending in September 2023.

One more Bangladeshi factory gets green building certification

Matin Spinning Mills PLC, a concern of DBL Group, has announced a 40 percent cash dividend in the 21st annual general meeting (AGM) of the company.

Bangladesh is very good at making cotton clothes but non-cotton products could be bolstered by foreign investment

Bangladeshi high commissioner to UK says in meeting with FBCCI president

The salary structure will now have four grades in place of five

Eleven years on from the devastating fire at Tazreen Fashions, relatives of the victims and injured workers are still crying out for justice, proper compensation, rehabilitation and capital punishment of the accused, including factory owner Delwar Hossain

BGMEA issues letters to the factory owners

BGMEA president is now visiting garment factories in China

A Gazipur court today sent garment workers' union leader Babul Hossain to jail after a 24-hour remand

Business leaders and apparel exporters are worried over a recent US statement on Bangladesh’s labour rights situation while union leaders and trade analysts suggested bringing improvements to avert trade sanctions.

Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati, a RMG workers' platform, today held a rally in front of Jatiya Press Club demanding a review of the declared wage of Tk 12,500 along with an end to the arrests of workers agitating for fair wages

A group of labour leaders of Bangladesh today complained to the visiting delegation of the European Union that the amended labour law is not worker-friendly as many anti-labour provisions have been incorporated.

Bangladesh's ready-made garment sector, a cornerstone of its export earnings, faces substantial trade preference erosion upon graduation from least developed country (LDC) status, said Mohammad Abdur Razzaque, chairman of the Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID) Bangladesh, at a seminar yesterday.

A delegation of the European Union (EU) arrived in Dhaka today to have discussions with relevant stakeholders on the country's labour sector

The government today published the gazette on the recently declared minimum wage for garment workers, setting the monthly pay at Tk 12,500 and reducing the number of grades to five from seven.

The deceased were: Anjuara Khatun, Rasel Hawlader and Md Imran