Textile & Garments

The survey report said that only 39% of female workers in the sector had freedom to do whatever they wanted with their monthly income

H&M Foundation, a non-profit platform of the Swedish fashion giant H&M Group, is initiating a long-term project to support female apparel workers in Bangladesh, starting with their urgent needs connected to COVID-19 pandemic.

For the FY20, the government had set a target to earn $38.2 billion

As many as 71 factories registered with Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have not paid their workers for May.

Facing ruin as orders from Western brands collapsed in the coronavirus pandemic, many Bangladeshi garment factories have been given a lifeline with orders to make protective masks, gloves and gowns for export.

You may have already seen the social media campaign ‘#payup’, asking Kardashian sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner to pay up their suppliers in Bangladesh.

Clothing factory workers have dismissed owners’ lobby BGMEA’s figure that only 299 among around 4 million workers of the industry have contracted coronavirus while more than 70,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in three months in Bangladesh.

Garment, footwear and construction sectors have suffered the biggest economic hit during the Covid-19 pandemic with supply chain disruption as the top challenge, according to a latest report.

Bangladesh’s readymade garment export declined by more than 62 per cent in the first 29 days of May this year compared with that of corresponding period in last year as both the demand for and prices of apparel products decreased on the global market due to the coronavirus pandemic in …

It’s the days leading to Eid-ul-Fitr that Mostafiz Uddin is most cheerful. It’s that time of the year when the owner of Denim Expert pays his workers, hands them gifts, and takes them to a restaurant for Iftar.