Most of the working mothers in the RMG (Readymade garment} sector lack maternity rights and breastfeeding support as various research reports show their children face serious obstacles in physical growth and mental development due to absence of such support.

RMG factories that did not meet the criteria on workplace safety by retailers’ platforms are now seeing a sharp decline in the number of work orders from foreign buyers.

Acting as a backward-linkage industry of the Readymade Garment (RMG) sector and other export-oriented industries, the net export earnings of the Garments Accessories and Packaging (GAP) sector was $6.70 billion during the 2016-17 financial year (FY).

The Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety and The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, the two western buyers' platforms working to improve workplace safety in Bangladesh readymade garment sector, are to end their tenure at the end of next May, if remediation is properly completed.

Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed. NGOs to face funding restrictions as new regulations come into force ...

Companies in the consumer goods industry produced the most number of new jobs in the third quarter of the year, fuelled by huge spending among residents in the UAE.

Women in the country's readymade garment sector face a range of discriminations including being subject to do more overtime duty than their male colleagues and getting fewer promotions, say a study report of Karmojibi Nari and CARE Bangladesh.

Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed. Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover opens tomorrow After years of delayed construction causing untold ...

Country's readymade garment (RMG) export has missed target in first quarter (July-September, Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY2017-18, FY18) causing uncertainty to achieve US$50 billion by 2021.

A number of initiatives in term of greenisation of RMG sector include installing green building, using eco-friendly and resource-efficient technologies and techniques.