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 ...

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 ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladeshi garment factory that was producing clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney and other major Western companies had lost its fire safety certification in June, five months ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

GENEVA (Switzerland), June 15, 2025 (BSS) - Labour and Employment Affairs Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman has said that the ...

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

The strike began at 6:00am today (15 June) at the factory gate located in the Chourhas area beside the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway ...

As Bangladesh continues to navigate a period of political transition and law and order problems, stakeholders like economists ...

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

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