Textile & Garments

Shibnath Roy, inspector general of DIFE, urged factory owners to refrain from laying off workers, considering that the government has announced a massive stimulus package aimed at protecting of workers and the industry.  

Near 100 apparel factories have suspended production due to a shortage of work orders during the coronavirus pandemic.

Rubana’s plea came hours after hundreds of workers headed back to Dhaka from different districts to join work sparking fears of contagion.

In Bangladesh’s apparel industry, more than one million garment workers have already been laid off or furloughed as a result of order cancellations due to coronavirus fallout, research shows.

The value of readymade garment export orders cancelled or put on hold by global buyers due to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak exceeded $3 billion till Monday, exporters said.

President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Dr Rubana Huq has said buyers have so far cancelled orders worth US$ 1.48 billion following the outbreak of coronavirus.

It was also agreed that decision to shut down factories might be taken if the condition of the coronavirus outbreak deteriorated Representatives of factory owners, workers and the government on Saturday at a tripartite meeting decided to keep the factories open despite the coronavirus outbreak.

Undelivered ready garments are piling up in the country’s readymade garment factories as a good number of buyers from European countries have asked their suppliers to delay the shipment of their products two to four weeks due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

Bangladesh will benefit from the fallout of the coronavirus as most of the globally renowned companies are planning to shift work orders from China to other Asian countries, including Bangladesh, according to a new survey. Hong Kong-based QIMA, a leading provider of supply chain compliance solutions and which partners with …

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today said all the factories paid wages and bonuses to facilitate their workers to celebrate Eid-Ul-Azha with their near and dear ones.