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Bangladesh curfew eases: What’s opened, what’s still shut
5 months ago

Bangladesh curfew eases: What’s opened, what’s still shut

Al Jazeera  

Some businesses have reopened, but mobile internet and social media sites are still blocked. Bangladesh has started to relax a curfew that it imposed after days of deadly clashes between student protesters demanding reforms to a job quota system and a combination of law enforcement officials and members and supporters of the governing party’s youth wing. The protests that started …

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Bangladesh banks, garment factories reopen after authorities ease curfew
5 months ago

Bangladesh banks, garment factories reopen after authorities ease curfew

New Indian Express  

DHAKA: Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas. Last week's violence killed at least 186 people, according to an AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals, during some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's tenure. …

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Sanctions threat looms over Bangladesh’s garment sector ahead of elections
1 year ago

Sanctions threat looms over Bangladesh’s garment sector ahead of elections

Al Jazeera  

Garment manufacturers worry a one-sided national vote could lead to economic sanctions for the nation and them. Dhaka, Bangladesh — Weeks after turbulent wage-hike protests and subsequent factory closures, Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry, a key revenue earner for the nation, is dealing with a new phase of anxiety: “possible” economic sanctions by the country’s Western partners. It was just a …

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Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages
1 year, 1 month ago

Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages

The Hindu  

Police in Bangladesh's capital on November 2 used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than 1,000 garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight day to demand better wages. The workers get 8,300 takas, or $75, as a monthly minimum wage and they often need to work overtime to make ends meet, labour unions …

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Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages
1 year, 1 month ago

Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police in Bangladesh’s capital Thursday used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than 1,000 garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight day to demand better wages. Nazmul Hasan Firoz, additional deputy police commissioner at Pallabi in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, said police dispersed the workers “peacefully” using tear gas as they …

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Violence erupts as garment workers protest in Bangladesh
1 year, 1 month ago

Violence erupts as garment workers protest in Bangladesh

Live Mint  

Bangladesh, the second-largest garment-producing country in the world after China, witnessed protests over the weekend after BGMEA offered to increase the monthly minimum wage by 25% to reach USD 90, instead of the USD 208 demanded by the workers. Currently, Bangladesh has nearly 3,500 factories with some four million workers employed, mostly women, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and …

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Thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factory workers take to the streets demanding better wages
1 year, 1 month ago

Thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factory workers take to the streets demanding better wages

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of garment factory workers took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and the industrial district of Gazipur on Tuesday to demand better wages. In Dhaka’s Mirpur area, where an Associated Press team was at the scene, hundreds of protesters chanted demanding better wages. Raihan Mia, a fire department official in Gazipur district, told The Associated …

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At least 49 dead in 2nd day of Bangladesh cargo depot fire
2 years, 6 months ago

At least 49 dead in 2nd day of Bangladesh cargo depot fire

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night. The death toll reached 49 by Sunday evening, according to Ekattor TV …

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When sustainable fashion becomes an act of revolution; here's how to keep disposable consumerism at bay
2 years, 7 months ago

When sustainable fashion becomes an act of revolution; here's how to keep disposable consumerism at bay

Firstpost  

Think of the fabled Danish butter cookie tins found in every household that the internet made memes about for never containing cookies, only sewing supplies. As part of the theme this year, ‘Money, Fashion, Power,’ skilled practitioners in different parts of the world conducted mending sessions to socialise the message that mending is an act of reclamation and revolution. Renewal …

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8 Years After Rana Plaza Disaster, Activists Fear Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Are in Danger Again
3 years, 7 months ago

8 Years After Rana Plaza Disaster, Activists Fear Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Are in Danger Again

The Diplomat  

The binding agreement signed by clothing brands to prevent a similar disaster in Bangladesh will expire in May. Last month marked eight years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, a nine-story complex housing various textile workshops in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The activist stated that since the Supreme Court decision phasing out the Safety Accord, “no brand …

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Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence
3 years, 9 months ago

Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Shafiqul Islam was studying business at Dhaka College in 1971 when a bloody and brutal war for independence ravaged Bangladesh. “The most worrying thing in Bangladesh is the decimation of the electoral system,” said Ali Riaz, an expert on South Asia who teaches political science at Illinois State University. But it was another fateful election, led by …

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Bangladesh economy shows early signs of pandemic recovery
4 years, 3 months ago

Bangladesh economy shows early signs of pandemic recovery

Associated Press  

DHAKA,Bangladesh — A rebound in garment orders after demand crashed during spring shutdowns is helping to revive the Bangladesh economy. That’s a much brighter outlook than in April-May, when global clothing brands suspended or cancelled orders worth more than $3 billion, affecting about 4 million workers and thousands of factories. “At the moment we can say that the ready-made garment …

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Covid-19 Infection Rate Among Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh is Only 6%
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Infection Rate Among Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh is Only 6%

News 18  

The coronavirus infection rate among slum dwellers in Bangladesh is only 6 per cent, it has been found. IEDCR adviser Mushtaq Hossain said: "The people who live from hand to mouth and the workers of the RMG sector have not been affected by Covid-19 in a large scale yet. Meanwhile, Gazipur Civil Surgeon Md Khairuzzaman told IANS: "We were very …

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