More than 200 readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing units have shutdown for an indefinite period in Bangladesh’s Ashulia industrial belt, following labour unrest in the aftermath of the Savar building collapse, whose toll has now ...
The Government of Bangladesh has temporarily shutdown 18 garment manufacturing factories on the grounds of inacceptable labour standards and working conditions, Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui informed reporters. While two ...
Tags: Garment Factories, Garment
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Commerce has requested the European Union not to impose severe conditions that may impact readymade garment exports from Bangladesh. In a three-page letter sent to William Hanna, EU Ambassador in Bangladesh, ...
Tags: readymade garment, EU
Readymade garment manufacturing units in Bangladesh reopened on May 2, 2013, after the Savar building collapse. “Yes, the garment factories have reopened today,” Mr. Atiqul Islam, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers ...
Tags: Garment Units, Apparel
Urgent attention must be given to fire safety in the Cambodian garment and footwear industry according to a new report released by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC). BFC’s 29th ...
Tags: Garment Units, Textile
The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has ruled that small apparel manufacturing units, owned by families of Chinese and Taiwanese descent in Newcastle, in South Africa’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, are exempt from National ...
Tags: Apparel, South African, policy
Seeking to ensure compliance of safety norms at workplace, the readymade garment (RMG) industry of Pakistan is looking to associate with some reliable global firm engaging in issuance of safety certifications, which can perform audit of ...
Tags: PRGMEA, Safety Audit, Garment Units
The Government of Bangladesh has taken initiative for conducting a comprehensive study on the country’s readymade garment sector, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Jatiya Sangsad, the country’s Parliament. In a written reply ...
Tags: Bangladesh, comprehensive study, readymade garment sector
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Karel De Gucht, Commissioner for Trade made following statement: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the deaths of young workers from a ...
India Ratings’ outlook for cotton textiles remains negative to stable for 2013 on account of subdued demand, although margins are expected to benefit from softening raw material prices. The outlook for synthetic textiles remains ...
Tags: cotton textile, cotton, textiles, cotton prices
Vietnam’s Tien Son Thanh Hoa Corporation has inaugurated the first phase of its garment plant in Yen Dinh district, Thanh Hoa province. It took about 15 months for the completion of the construction of the first phase of the garment ...
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Cotton, textile and garment industry stakeholders in Nigeria have asked the Government to release an intervention fund of around N1 trillion and also to extend the loan tenor rate, so as to support the industry. Speaking at a workshop ...
Tags: Cotton, textile, garment industry, Nigeria, govt support
The Government of Bangladesh has taken steps for resumption of construction work by next month for the upcoming ‘garment village’ in Munshiganj, according to a Financial Express report. The Government envisages relocation ...
Tags: garment village, garment, apparel units, apparel
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has introduced a fire safety training programme focusing on imparting basic fire detection and prevention training to mid-level employees of 3,400 garment units of Dhaka and ...
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Negating the rumours of caving in of the Sri Lanka’s garment industry, Economic Development Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that such rumours were to create a negative image about the country’s economy. ...
Tags: Sri Lanka, garment industry, Sri Lankaeconomy, textile