The study assessed the share of electricity demand that factories can fulfil through rooftop solar

While our costs have been rising sharply and continuously, the unit prices paid for apparel have been falling in real terms.

Samia Khatun (pseudonym), 31, has faced injustice since her first day as a worker at a garment factory in Tongi, when she was just 16.

For years, Bangladesh’s export success was built on a simple promise to global buyers. We would deliver at scale, at speed, and at low cost.

Bangladesh's economic diversification has remained a goal rather than an outcome for decades.

Revolutionary literature all over the world has shown the frequent bitterness of post-independence betrayal.

In these lesser-monitored sectors workers are particularly vulnerable.

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers immense potential to transform Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector

Bangladesh's economy faces instability, inflation, and political unrest hindering growth.

The interim government needs to quickly set an agenda that reaffirms its commitment to upholding women's rights.

To maintain its position as a global leader in the garment industry, Bangladesh must prioritise unity and stability.

The RMG industry has provided lakhs of women, with their first formal employment opportunities.

The workers protesting for a minimum wage of Tk 25,000, but those in power are concocting ways to thwart this mission.

Sami Alam, an aspiring fashion designer, decided to use his penchant for fashion to tell the story of these workers and highlight their unacknowledged labour. He designed the thought-provoking collection “Blood, Sweat and Tears” for his Master's graduation at International Fashion Academy (IFA) in Paris, France.

The government will continue to provide incentives to 12 sectors as an alternative to direct cash support on export receipts with a view to helping exporters tackle potential challenges in the post-LDC era, a top official said yesterday.

Readymade garment manufacturer A Plus Sweater Ltd had sent an RMG consignment to Chattogram Port from its Gazipur factory on eight covered vans on October 29 last year for shipment to Brazil.

Bangladesh may not able to achieve the apparel export target set for the current fiscal year because of the energy crisis, fall in work orders, and higher inflation in European countries, BGMEA President Faruque Hassan said today.

RMG makers in Bangladesh have a compelling story to tell. And there is no better time to start doing it than now.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Improving workers' health in the biggest sector of the economy, i.e. readymade garments (RMG) has been on the cards for some time now.