Bangladesh is a major producer of garments supplying to world’s top brands such as H & M, Lewis, Gucci, Zara and many others, the industry however is in turmoil because of workers' strike.

It is also exploitative,” Azrul said in a post on X. He said that even garment sweatshop workers in Bangladesh clock in 14 to 16 hours a day. “Are we a sweatshop?” he asked.

It has been ten years since an eight-storey commercial building housing several textile factories on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed on April 24, 2013. The collapse of Rana Plaza ...

Many are attempting to do just that. Bangladesh, for example, has grown dramatically since gaining independence in 1971, largely owing to its position as the world’s second-largest garment exporter.

Economic development ultimately raises both worker pay and factory safety standards. There is some evidence that this process has been improving pay in Bangladesh, even among so-called sweatshops.

Once known for its sweatshops, Bangladesh is slowly moving towards sustainable production A decade after the deadly Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh is home to nine of the world’s top 10 ...

Charles Kernaghan, a labor activist who helped revitalize the anti-sweatshop movement in the late 20th century, targeting American companies such as Disney — as well as a clothing line backed by ...

It’s a fear all too real for those working in the sweatshops of poorer nations. “If buyers increase their purchases towards India then the country's garment workers may face loss of life and ...

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world in focusThe Bangladesh garment industry generates 80 per cent of the country’s total export revenue. However, the wealth generated by this sector has led to few improvements in the lives ...

FROM the dust of the Rana Plaza garment factory that collapsed six years ago this week, killing 1,134 people, many of them garment workers, a new co-operative has emerged that is now working with ...