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Fresh unrest shuts garment factories in Bangladesh ahead of wage board meetingIn recent days, Bangladesh has witnessed significant labor unrest in its garment industry over wage disputes. Protesting workers have gathe...- Behind Bangladesh's garment boom, workers cut food, healthcare as wages fall shortGarment workers in Bangladesh are facing financial struggles due to rising costs of living. Many workers, such as Shilpi Khatun, have seen ...
- Bangladesh garment factories close as workers clash with police in pay protestsBangladesh's garment workers have been demanding a minimum wage increase due to rising living costs. Following their protests, police inter...
- Bangladesh deploys additional paramilitary forces as garment workers' protests continueProtests by garment workers in Bangladesh have persisted for five days due to demands for higher wages. Authorities have deployed additiona...
- Bangladesh garment factories reopen as wage protests keep industry on edgeBangladesh's garment factories reopened on Monday after widespread closures and production disruptions a day earlier, but manufacturers rem...
- Bangladesh's gas crisis hits factories, homes and transportIn the face of an acute natural gas scarcity, Bangladesh is witnessing the shutdown of key fertiliser plants, impacting hundreds of factori...
- 150 Bangladesh garment factories shut, 11,000 workers chargedThe Bangladeshi garment manufacturers took the decision to close 150 factories "indefinitely" on Saturday. This move comes in the wake of b...
- Most of Bangladesh left without power after national grid failure"We are trying to restore the system," Hasan said, adding that utilities were currently producing around 4,500 megawatts (MW)of power, comp...
- Several key sectors stare at export impact as pandemic rages“People are scared to buy from India and uncertain if we can deliver the orders,” said Sharad Kumar Saraf, president of the Federation of I...
- With many garments factories still shut post COVID, over 1 lakh women workers without job: Karnataka MinisterSpeaking in the Legislative Assembly, he said, the government will take all the necessary steps for the safety and welfare of women employe...
- Don't forget us in coronavirus battle, say businesses in India's Dharavi slumDharavi, believed to be Asia's largest slum, has been hailed as a success story in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, bringing ca...
- Bengaluru's garment sector has a big Covid tearMany of the highly employment-intensive clothing units in and around the city are either shutting down their operations or laying off emplo...
- 'All my dreams are shattered': coronavirus crushes Asia's garment industry"If I have a job and an income, I can pay for medical treatment for my mother," Zarchi Lwin, 29, told Reuters from the home she shares with...
- Apparel exporters resume work to meet pending demand“About 15-20% of the over 8,000 apparel exporters in the country have resumed operation with 25-30% of their workforce,” said Narendra Goen...
- Beijing garment industry resists Congress lockdownChinese authorities have taken extraordinary measures to prevent any disturbance -- including pollution -- from marring the week-long, twic...
- Cash crunch triggers Dharavi shutdownThe leather units make jackets, bags, wallets and belts. Many take bulk orders for corporate gifts and even do back-room work for designer ...
- Exports to global fashion companies may be hitSupplies from the NCR region to global fashion brands may be hit as textile dyers and printers have called for an indefinite shutdown.
- Kids retailer Lilliput's $4 mn default may strain India-Bangladesh trade tiesBangladesh has sought govt's intervention to secure the outstanding payments for 22 small Bangladeshi garment exporters from Delhi-based Li...
- Apparel exporters start firing workers on US woesAs hundreds of the US and European garment stores have put the shutters down and several of them have gone bankrupt, many Indian exporters ...
- S Korean investors quit China over rising costsScores of South Korean-owned factories are closing surreptitiously in eastern China as their owners flee rising costs, leaving behind embit...
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