Tag Archives: Bangladesh garment industry

The minimum wage board for the readymade garment workers in its first meeting on Monday decided that representatives of both factory owners and workers would submit separate proposals of minimum wages to the board before the next meeting to be held on April 25.

CPD RMG Study explores the role played by foreign professionals in Bangladesh RMG industry

There is an indication that a sizable share of RMG enterprises are likely to be situated at a level where they could either survive or they could become ‘uncompetitive’.

At the Mohammadi Fashion Sweaters Ltd. factory in Bangladesh’s capital, a few dozen workers stand watching as 173 German-made machines knit black sweaters for overseas buyers.

Unions at a global clothing brand hope its agreement to pay to meet fire and building safety regulations in 150 garment factories in Bangladesh could herald a new era.

Bangladesh is moving towards a safer and compliant manufacturing industry, especially in the apparel and leather industries.

The country’s billion-dollar apparel industry is yet to attract graduates as a potential job market, apparently due to some untoward incidents that created a bad image of the sector among the people.

International Labour Organization (ILO) outgoing Bangladesh Country Director Srinivas B Reddy has said the organization will focus on social dialogue to promote freedom of association, collective bargaining, workplace safety, skills development for market needs and labor migration in Bangladesh for the next five years.

Technology and its new advances are a reality in today's world. One such advancement is robots with the capability to perform many human tasks. So much that robots are now being made that can replace workers.

China remains the undisputed global giant in the textile and apparel industry. Its share of global apparel export is about 37 percent while the share of Bangladesh, the second largest readymade garment exporter in the world, is only about 6 percent. So, it is completely understandable that the actions of China will obviously influence the competitiveness of the other manufacturing hubs like ours.