The horrible collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh has renewed questions over whether Western companies should be held accountable for lax safety standards in the factories where ...

22Fast fashion%22 retailer H%26M agrees to Bangladesh factory safety accord Zara parent company expected to be next to sign April factory collapse death toll now tops 1%2C000 International ...

BANGLADESH's limited capacity to deal with the enormous waste generated by its textile sector may prove unsustainable as the ...

A December 2010 fire at a Bangladesh factory that supplied Gap claimed 29 lives. It did not have suppliers in either of the latest building disasters. Gap had backed out of negotiations on the ...

Nearly 400 people were killed when a Bangladesh factory building with garment factories collapsed last week. The latest tragedy in Bangladesh once again raises the issue of the high price of cheap ...

"Real change can only happen if brands' behaviors and practices are regulated by robust legal obligations." Experts warn of disturbing factory conditions still happening years after disaster: 'This ...

Aklima Khanam didn't want go to work on April 24, 2013. The then-19-year-old worked in the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, sewing shirts, jackets and pants seven days a week ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh – The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign of how far ...

An illegal factory producing banned polythene in Kapasia, Gazipur, has been sealed and shut down by the district ...

As Bangladesh continues to navigate a period of political transition and law and order problems, stakeholders like economists, security experts and business leaders have stressed that the nation's ...

A new government in Bangladesh struggles with Washington's decisions. Funding cuts to foreign aid and possible tariffs could ...

Bangladesh Railway is embarking on a Tk2,000-crore plan to modernise its three existing railway workshops and resume domestic assembly of train coaches, significantly reducing its reliance on imports.