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Bangladesh Review Sees Progress but Pushes for Labor Reform

The concern over worker safety and rights has been causing disquiet across the world after the collapse of…

Primark and DFID to Improve Factory Conditions in Bangladesh and Pakistan

The Irish fast-fashion retailer has partnered with the U.K.'s Department for International Development in a…

Bangladesh: BGMEA to Build Apparel Zone in Chittagong

Chittagong, Bangladesh's coastal port city, could soon see a new apparel zone where non-compliant ready made…

Bangladesh Alliance Suspends 23 Garment Factories for Lack of Safety Improvements

Twenty-three garment factories in Bangladesh won't be seeing their scheduled safety improvements now that The…

Bangladesh Industry Hits Back at NYU Stern Report on Sector

A report about the garment industry in Bangladesh launched by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human…

Rana Plaza Murder Suspects Skip Town Before Trial

The owner of the Rana Plaza factory complex that collapsed and killed more than 1,100 workers, Sohel Rana…

New Report Finds More Than Half of Bangladesh Factories Engaged in Subcontracting

Turns out Bangladesh has more than 7,000 garment factories, nearly 65 percent more than previous estimates…

Bangladesh Government Says it Won’t Extend Accord and Alliance Because Safety Has “Greatly Improved”

In a divergence from the International Labor Rights Forum's recent report noting that labor issues still…

ILRF Says Labor Abuses Still Rampant in Bangladesh

Reform efforts have been underway in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry this year, but those efforts…

ILRF Report Charges Workers’ Rights Abuse in Bangladesh Garment Factories

Garment workers in Bangladesh claim in new report they face harassment, intimidation and violence as rights…

Bangladesh Bans All Raw Jute Exports

In order to sustain its own demand for raw jute, Bangladesh has banned exports on all types of the fiber used…

Three Years Later, Trust Created to Pay Tazreen Factory Fire Victims

Three years have passed since the Tazreen Fashions factory burned in Bangladesh, taking the lives of more…

Tesco Exec Says Slavery Exists in All Supply Chains

All corporations have slavery in their supply chains, said a senior executive at Britain's biggest…

Bangladesh Inspects All Factories, Deems 3% Unsafe

Bangladesh has implored the United States to reinstate its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade…

Apparel Imports from Bangladesh See Sharp Climb in September

U.S. apparel brands are getting over their reluctance to source in Bangladesh, judging from data released…