US industry’s ‘empty promise’: Living wages for B’desh garment workers
’Tis the season for holiday shopping, and as American consumers ready their spending dollars, few of us are likely to link our gift buying to the high cost of low prices on the other side of the planet. This is...
July 24, 2023
Campaign for 23,000 taka minimum wage in Bangladesh
20th July 2023: For the first time in five years, the Bangladeshi government has formed a Wage Board to revise...
July 23, 2023
Bangladesh worst country for workers in 2023 Global Rights Index
Bangladesh has been ranked the worst country for workers in the 2023 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union...
June 28, 2023
Fatal assault on union leader triggers protests in Bangladesh
50-year-old Shahid ul Islam was allegedly beaten to death in an attack on Sunday evening which other union members claim...
May 5, 2023
Bangladeshi CDU student dies in Darwin home invasion assault
DARVIN, NT, 5 May 2023: A 23-year-old international student from Bangladesh, Md Ishaqur Rahman Sifat died in the Royal Darwin...
April 27, 2023
10 years after Rana Plaza, survivors still struggling: DW Asia
Survivors of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, one of the world's worst industrial disasters, are still fighting for their rights. Many of...
Pakistan’s economy is on the brink of bankruptcy like Sri Lanka’s. Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen below $3 billion....
January 28, 2023
Study: Rising unfair practices by global fashion brands in Bangladesh
After surveying 1,000 garment factories, the study found that popular fashion brands such as H&M, Zara, and GAP were engaging...
January 20, 2023
US softens on B’desh ‘rights violations’, fearing China, India clout
In December 2021, in addition to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the United States imposed sanctions on seven former and...
January 17, 2023
Garment industry in Bangladesh struggles to contain pollution
Treatment plants are either non-existent or inefficient and underused, meaning Bangladesh’s garment industry continues to discharge highly polluting wastewater....
October 15, 2022
OPINION: Bangladesh Needs – and Leads on – Climate Mitigation
The world’s leaders debate climate change all the time. But Bangladesh can’t wait for the rhetoric to stop. Serious action...
September 5, 2022
Shiekh Hasina rules out Sri Lanka type crisis in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina has ruled out a Sri Lanka-type economic meltdown in Bangladesh. Sri Lanka had recently massive...
August 25, 2022
Rohingya repatriation from Bangladesh remains unlikely
The attitude towards Rohingya people in Myanmar seems to be changing. However, the return of refugees from neighboring Bangladesh five...
June 25, 2022
Shiekh Hasina opens 6.15 km rail-road bridge over the Padma river
The Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina today inaugurated New Zealand company Maunsell Ltd. company designed 6.16 kilometers long rail-road bridge...
