Published in the Financial Express on 7, May, 2017 Monira Munni Labour unrest is still high in the country’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector, although the number of such incidents has declined since 2013, according to recent studies. Such incidents were ...
Read More »Export earning growth plunges to 3.92pc in July-April
Published in the daily New Age on 7, May, 2017 Moinul Haque Country’s export earning growth in the July-April period of the current fiscal year 2016-17 slumped to 3.92 per cent, as against 9.92 per cent growth in the same ...
Read More »Will technological innovations destroy jobs on a massive scale?
Published in ILO Website on 2, May 2017 New technologies and the dynamics of job creation Posted on 2 May 2017 Irmgard Nubler, senior economist at the International Labour Organization The recent wave of innovation and technological change has sparked a ...
Read More »‘Smart’ denim promises touchscreen tech clothes
Published in the Daily Star on 7, May, 2017 A young man in a white t-shirt pulls on a dark blue denim trucker jacket, tucks his smartphone in an inside pocket and puts in-ear headphones in his right ear. He ...
Read More »Exports likely to miss target as govt slashes projection
Published in the Financial Express on 6, May, 2017 Jasim Uddin Haroon The government has slashed projection for merchandise exports by 3.0 percentage points to 7.0 per cent for this fiscal, which suggests the country may miss its US$37-billion export ...
Read More »Ten more RMG factories completed CAPs: Alliance
Published in Fiber2Fashion.com on 7, May, 2017 The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (Alliance) has announced that during the months of March and April, ten additional Alliance-affiliated readymade garment (RMG) factories completed all material components outlined in their Corrective Action ...
Read More »বিনিয়োগ সংকটে চট্টগ্রামের তৈরি পোশাকশিল্প
আমাদের সময় পত্রিকায় ০৭ মে ২০১৭ প্রকাশিত ১৯৯৭ সালে তৈরি পোশাক রপ্তানির ব্যবসা শুরু করেছিলেন সাদাফ ফ্যাশন লিমিটেডের মালিক এসএম জাহিদ চৌধুরী। প্রথম দিকে একটি কারখানা দিয়ে ব্যবসা শুরু করেন তিনি। এই একটি থেকে তিনটি কারখানার মালিক হন। ২০০৪ সালের ...
Read More »শ্রীপুরে সোয়েটার কারখানায় শ্রমিক বিক্ষোভ, আহত ৮
বাংলা ট্রিবিউনে মে ০৬, ২০১৭ প্রকাশিত গাজীপুরের শ্রীপুরে এক সোয়েটার কারখানায় কাজের অনুকূল পরিবেশ তৈরি, পিস রেট, উৎপাদন রেট ও বোনাস বাড়ানোসহ ১৪ দফা দাবিতে ভাঙচুর ও শ্রমিক বিক্ষোভ ঘটেছে। এসময় শ্রমিকদের হামলায় কমপক্ষে ৮ কর্মকর্তা-কর্মচারী আহত হয়েছেন। শনিবার (৬ ...
Read More »May 4, 2017: Workplace safety efforts, huge profit of foreign buyers and the GFI report
Every day, CPD RMG Study reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed ADB president praises Bangladesh for workplace safety efforts Asian Development Bank (ADB) ...
Read More »May 3, 2017: Less investment proposals, remittance inflow drops, VAT law debate and overseas equity investment
Every day, CPD RMG Study reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed BIDA receives 45% less investment proposals in Q3 Investment proposals by companies ...
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