The collapse of a factory building killed scores of garment workers in Bangladesh. The WSJ’s Shelly Banjo talks about how the latest series of industrial disasters are making retail companies revalue ...

A new book chapter, written by Dr Sharmin Shabnam Rahman, alongside Jette Steen Knudsen and Jeremy Moon, shares insights from their latest research on Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment sector. The ...

from the Bangladesh Garment Workers' Solidarity (BGWS) group, a labour rights organisation, said that "workers are struggling to maintain a minimum standard of living". Akhter said factory bosses ...

Dhaka (AFP) – In a vast Bangladeshi factory hall thrumming with sewing machines, garment workers churn out seemingly endless pairs of mountain hiking trousers for customers in Europe and North ...

IN A vast Bangladeshi factory hall thrumming with sewing machines, garment workers churn out seemingly endless pairs of mountain hiking trousers for customers in Europe and North America. Bangladesh’s ...

Tens of thousands of workers and officials have lost their jobs over the last six months following the closure of dozens of ...

LOCAL EXPORTERS BOAST BRIGHT PROSPECTS Following the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in 2013 and subsequent Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) withdrawal by the US, Bangladesh has made ...