Traffic returns to normalcy after workers assured of arrear payments

Delayed salary payment from a handful of RMG factory owners triggered the latest bout of labour unrest

Bangladesh shipped $5.41 billion worth of apparels to the American market in the nine months

Habib won the first prize in the private sector category for series reports on "War hit private sector harder than pandemic"

Exporters say the traditional air shipment routes through Dhaka, Kolkata, Colombo or Singapore had either become too expensive or too slow

Bangladesh Apparel Exchange will organise the two-day expo

At least nine people were arrested over clashes between police, army personnel, and demonstrating RMG workers in the capital’s Kachukhet and Mirpur-14 areas on Thursday.

A female garment worker succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday after being injured allegedly from police firing during a recent protest demanding arrears in Ashulia

They are: Md Shahidullah Azim, Enamul Haque Khan (Bablu), Miran Ali, M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Asif Ashraf, Rezwan Selim, ANM Saifuddin, Md Shihabuduzza Chowdhury, Shams Mahmud and Sharif Zahir

Fashion brands, including H&M and Zara, are facing criticism over their lack of action to protect workers' basic rights in Bangladesh, according to Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC)..One year after a violent crackdown by state actors and employers against Bangladeshi garment workers protesting

The Clean Clothes Campaign urges brands to take swift action

Work orders from international brands returning as normalcy returns

Labour and Employment Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan today said the government planned to initiate a pension scheme for readymade garment (RMG) workers to ensure their financial security after retirement

About 99.26 percent garments factories are open now at Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur

At least twenty workers of a garment factory in Ashulia industrial area were assaulted today which the workers claimed were orchestrated by the factory authorities

The company is responsible for paying the arrears for goods supplied to now-bankrupt British retailer Debenhams

The workers of Birds Group in Ashulia industrial area blocked the highway since 9:00am yesterday, demanding arrears and reopening of the factory

The workers of Birds Group have blocked the Nabinagar-Chandra highway's Bypail area in Ashulia industrial area, demanding unpaid salaries

The workers of Apparel Plus Limited blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur demanding unpaid salaries

An RMG worker died with bullet wounds after a clash broke out between protesting workers and law enforcers in Ashulia today