It has grown steadfastly since the 1980s on the back of its garment industry. Bangladeshi workers, and women in particular, made the country a seamstress to the world. In the process, the average ...

Bangladesh is a major producer of garments supplying to world’s top brands such as H & M, Lewis, Gucci, Zara and many others, ...

About 3 million garment workers in Bangladesh sewed mostly T-shirts ... Moazzem from the Centre for Policy Dialogue said. “[Women] need to rush to the home to cook and to take care of their ...

Around 500 garment workers, predominantly women, went on strike at a private factory in Avadi on Monday (June 9, 2025), ...

IT was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and ...

The Asia Floor Wage Alliance, Global Labor Justice and their trade union partners have developed a framework for countering gender-based violence and harassment. Brands, they say, have "no more ...

While the Muslim world celebrates the holiday, thousands of workers in Bangladesh are waiting for back pay from April. After ...

Police dispersed the crowd using tear gas, water cannons, and charged baton and the traffic returned to normal soon after ...

"Bringing in more foreign investment could be a viable solution." New report reveals dark truth behind popular fashion brands ...

Readymade garment factories enlisted under the Better Work Bangladesh (BWB) programme undergo fewer social audits compared to ...

Since the formation of the workers' trade union nine years ago at the country's oldest and well-known Babylon Garments, there has been no labour unrest at the factory, nor has production been ...