BGMEA enrolls 128 new RMG factories
About 113 readymade garment factory units under the membership of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association have been closed in the last 15 months, from January 2024 to March 2025...
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RMG workers block highway for salary, festival allowance
Readymade garment workers on Thursday blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the Jaina Bazar area under Sripur upazila in the district demanding their salaries for the month of March and festival allowances for Eid-ul-fitr celebrated across the country on March 31...
Rethinking Bangladesh鈥檚 garment exports
SINCE Donald Trump took office once again as the 47th president of the United States, the re-imposition of tariffs on global imports has brought the issue of trade wars back to the forefront of policy and academic debate. While the first Trump presidency initiated the use of tariffs and non-tariff barriers 鈥� including the restriction of access to strategic technologies...
RMG exports grew 10.84pc in July-March
The country鈥檚 readymade garment exports witnessed a healthy growth of 10.84 per cent during the July-March period of the current financial year fetching $30.25 billion that highlights the resilience and potentials of the apparel sector...
100 injured as RMG workers, police clash in Narayanganj
At least 100 people were injured in a clash between garment workers and police on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bhulta of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj on Wednesday...
RMG workers protest in Gazipur for dues, Eid bonus
Eight days after celebration of the Eid-ul-Fitr, workers of three readymade garment factories under a group of company staged demonstration and held a rally, demanding payment of their dues, Eid bonuses, and other arrears in Gazipur on Monday...
RMG workers鈥� union wants parley with US
Sammilita Garment Sramik Federation urged the interim government to engage in diplomatic talks with the US over the reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, emphasising the need for an acceptable solution to prevent negative impacts of the tariff on workers...
Bangladesh's reliance on single product, fewer destinations take toll on exports
Economists and business leaders said excessive reliance on readymade garment and fewer major export destinations and lack of diversification increasingly creating a risk on Bangladesh鈥檚 economy...
Release of garment labour leader Jalal Hawlader demanded
Leaders of Garment O Sweaters Sramik Trade Union Kendra on Friday demanded release of its leader Jalal Hawlader immediately.
RMG sector in Bangladesh faces challenges as US slaps high tariffs
The country鈥檚 readymade garment manufacturers expressed concern over the US鈥檚 fresh 37 per cent tariff imposition on all Bangladeshi exporting products...
WORKERS鈥� DUE WAGES: 3 TNZ Group officials under custody
Three representatives of TNZ Group owners have been taken under the custody where they will remain till April 8 when the government will meet all parties involved in the group鈥檚 three readymade garment units.
Apparel workers continue聽sit-in for arrears, allowances
Several hundred workers of three garment factories of T N Z Group at Gazipur on Friday continued their sit-in in front of Srama Bhaban in the capital demanding their three months鈥� wages and festival allowances before Eid-ul Fitr.
1,179 apparel units yet to pay March wages
A total of 1,179 readymade garment and textile factories of various industrial hubs of the country are yet to clear half or full wages for March ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, said the latest report of the Industrial Police.
2,282 apparel units yet to pay March wages
According to the latest report of Industrial Police, 2,282 readymade garment and textile factories are yet to clear half or full wages for March...
Just energy transition in RMG sector demanded
Labour rights activists at a dialogue on Tuesday urged the government to formulate a national strategy for a just energy transition in the readymade garment sector to prevent unexpected job losses...
More than 80pc RMG units pay Eid bonuses
About 83.67 per cent readymade garment factories cleared payment of bonuses ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the largest religious festivals of Muslims to be held at the end of March subject to moon-sighting, according to data from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
Bank branches at industrial areas to remain open in Mar 28-29
Branches of the scheduled banks in the readymade garments industrial areas will remain open in March 28-29 to facilitate payment of garment workers鈥� salary, Eid聽bonus, allowances and export-import activities...
Govt should ensure timely payment of worker dues
DESPITE promises from all apparel sector stakeholders, some factories are yet to clear the workers鈥� monthly wage and the festival allowance for the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The Industrial Police and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters鈥� Association report that 2,069 factories among 2,107 units in operation have already paid the February wages and are now...
RMG stakeholders see no complexity in payment before Eid
The stakeholders of the country鈥檚 readymade garment sector said that the payment of wages and allowances in the sector would be cleared ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr...
Wage, festival allowance of Style Graft workers demanded
Garment labour leaders at a protest rally in Dhaka on Friday demanded the wages and the festival allowance of workers of Style Graft Garment in Gazipur by March 23.
Worker unrest in four factories, 3 shut ahead of Eid
Workers from four readymade garment factory units in Gazipur staged strikes and protests for payment of wages and festival allowances ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of biggest religious festivals of the Mulsims...
Garment workers want wage, allowance by Ramadan 20
Different garment workers right bodies on Tuesday at separate rallies in Dhaka demanded paying wage and festival allowance of the garment workers before Ramadan 20...
WAGES, ALLOWANCES BEFORE EID: Industrial Police says 200 RMG units may not pay
Uncertainty loomed over the payment of wages and bonuses of readymade garment workers in 200 factories ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims to be held at the end of March, according to the Industrial Police...
RMG exports to major destinations increase
The exports of the country鈥檚 readymade garment items witnessed substantial growth to its major destinations in the past eight months (July-February) of the current financial year 2024-25...
Trade unions demand festival allowance by March 21
Garment sector trade union leaders on Friday urged the government and factory owners to pay workers鈥� festival allowances by Ramadan 20, which falls on March 21.
RMG exports to US grow 46pc in Jan
The readymade garment exports to the United States, the single largest export destination of Bangladesh, witnessed a robust growth of 45.93 per cent in January of 2025 to $799.65 million, according to the聽latest data published by the Office of Textiles and Apparel (Otexa)...
RMG manufacturers want separate ministry
The manufacturers of the country鈥檚 readymade garment sector demanded a separate ministry for sustainable RMG and textile sector.
RMG workers demand maternity leave
Leaders of the National Garment Workers Federation on Friday at a rally in front of the National Martyrs鈥� Memorial at Savar called on the interim government and owners of garment factories to take steps to ensure maternity leave for women garment workers.
Garment Sramik Oikya Forum demands release of its leader
Leaders of Garment Sramik Oikya Forum, a garment workers鈥� rights body, on Tuesday at a press conference demanded immediate release of its Ashulia thana committee president Khorshed Alam and Beximco garment factory workers as well as resolution to crisis of the factories...
Workers block road as 76 fellows dismissed
Workers of a garment factory blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh national highway in Maleker Bari area in Gazipur city for about two and a half hours on Sunday, protesting at the dismissal of 76 workers of the factory.