The readymade garment (RMG) industry is the single biggest export earner for Bangladesh. The sector accounts for 83 per cent ...

At least 14 readymade garment factories in Gazipur remained closed yesterday over a dispute between authorities and workers over payment of arrears and other benefits, said police. Of them, five ...

The garment waste (jhut) business has fuelled labour unrest in the ready-made garment sector as the informal business involves a lot of political and economic influence, according to industry experts, ...

Experts have stressed the need for formulating a national structure and policy for the textile waste (jhut) of Bangladesh’s ...

In a dramatic turn of events, police successfully arrested Saif, the primary suspect in the murder of a readymade garment trader, Anil Gupta. Gupta was tragically found with his throat slit in the ...

Press release photo Experts on Tuesday stressed the need for a textile waste (jhut) management policy in Bangladesh, saying ...

Ayesha Begum, in the foreground, is a garment worker in Bangladesh. She sews pockets on about 90 pairs of jeans an hour. The ...

GMP advises commuters to use alternative routes as several attempts to persuade workers to lift the blockade fail ...

They include the Bangladesh-based multinational conglomerate's sizeable textiles and ready-made garment manufacturing ...

THOOTHUKUDI: Director of Textiles R Lalitha inaugurated a textile marketing centre in Puthiyamputhur, a hub for readymade ...

The jeans will sell for about $50 each. She earns $134 a month. Bangladesh is the second largest export of readymade garments in the world after China, with 4,000 or so garment factories that ...

Ayesha Begum is working hard on her sewing machine. Her slender fingers glide the needle along the jeans she is piecing together, sewing on pockets before passing the pants to the next garment worker.