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Bangladesh is likely to lose about $2.7 billion in export earnings every year once it graduates from the Least Developed Country bracket, where it has been for 43 years.

Bangladesh has turned into a major source for garment accessories, as direct export of such items increased by 66.67 percent year-on-year to $1 billion in the last fiscal year.

Labour leaders have alleged that the real representation of the readymade garment sector workers has been ignored in the wage board formed on Sunday for the RMG sector as the government has violated rules in appointing workers’ representative to the board.

Spousal Violence (SV), or torture on wife by husband, causing significant rise in depression among female garment workers in Bangladesh, reveals a new joint project study conducted by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) and HERproject of Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).

The government has formed a new wage board for the RMG sector to formulate a new wage structure for apparel workers.

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Garment workers in Cambodia will see their wages increase 11% this year, but this will put further financial pressure on the country’s export sector.

The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety announced the completion of full safety remediation in 54 more Alliance-affiliated factories.

The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh recently released updates of its Safety Committee Training Program.