Bangladesh
Despite Its Problems Bangladesh To Retain Privileged Access to EU Market
After meeting recently in Brussels Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and EU's Trade Commissioner Karel…
Fast Retailing Sides With Gap, Wal-Mart on Safety Accord
Japan’s Fast Retailing, operators of popular retail chains Uniqlo and Theory, have declined to sign the…
Nike Protest Ends in Worker Injury as Rough Streak in Cambodia Continues
A wage protest at a Nike apparel factory in Cambodia ended violently Monday as police using stun batons moved…
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U.S. Official Urges Buyers to Stay in Bangladesh
The official, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman, spoke at a news…
Undocumented is Deadly: Bangladesh Launches New Garment Worker Database
Bangladesh, BGMEA, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, garment factories, garment…
Retailing Giants Sign Bangladesh Fire and Safety Agreement
As rescue workers concluded their digging through the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory in…
18 Dangerous Factories Shut Down in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has shut down 18 factories indefinitely this week, following the...
Widespread May Day Protests As Workers Demand Higher Wages, End of Austerity
Workers rallied around last week's ready factory collapse this May Day, as demonstrations swept across Asia…
Bangladesh Facing Strong Headwinds
Manufacturers are struggling with the frequent strikes and have been forced to direct more money to safety…
Wal-Mart and Sears Deny Compensation to Victims of Factory Fire
Six months after the tragic factory fire in a Bangladesh garment factory, which killed 112 workers and…
Intense Lobbying from Bangladesh Saves $1 Billion Industry, Thousands of Jobs
The Parliament of Canada has announced that it will amend its criteria for General Preferential Tariff (GPT)…
New BGMEA Board Pledges to Make Bangladesh Factories Safe
Bangladesh has elected a new board of its Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (the BGMEA), and…
Bangladesh Spooked By Strikes
Production costs are rising in Bangladesh, and apparel manufacturing leaders are blaming a familiar culprit…
H&M Publishes List of Suppliers, Vows to Keep Factories Safe
In the aftermath of the tragic factory fires that killed more than 100 workers in Bangladesh last year…
Sears Not Sweating Bangladesh Political Turmoil
Importers of apparel made in Bangladesh may be justifiably worried about that country’s ongoing political…