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Extreme heat puts garment factory workers at risk, study shows

Workers in some of the world’s biggest garment manufacturing hubs in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Pakistan are increasingly exposed to extreme heat as climate change pushes temperatures up, a report found on Sunday, a problem multinational retailers and brands will have to help address. In Dhaka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh and Karachi, the number of days with “wet-bulb” …

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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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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tiruppur garment producers to collaborate with Coimbatore engineering industry for machinery spares

The Hindu

The garment producers in Tiruppur and the engineering industry in Coimbatore plan to work together to make machinery spares required for the knitwear supply chain. Hence, the TEA has initiated a project with all industrial associations in Tiruppur, the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association in Coimbatore, and PSG College of Technology and Sri Eshwar College of Engineering in Coimbatore. Joint …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Delhi: Fire breaks out at garment store in Shahdara

India TV News

A fire broke out at a garment store in north-east Delhi's Shahdara area on Sunday evening, officials said. No casualties have been reported so far, officials of Delhi Fire Services said. The officials said they received a call at 9.05 pm about the blaze at the shop in Shahdara's Gandhi Nagar area, following which eight fire engines were pressed into …

Delhi Shahdara Garment Store

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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1 year, 1 month ago

Bangladesh garment workers clash with police as factories reopen

The Hindu

Striking Bangladesh garment workers clashed with police on Saturday near the capital as factories reopened in defiance of a protest campaign demanding a near-tripling of wages. Bangladesh's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85% of the South Asian country's $55 billion annual exports, supplying many of the world's top names in fashion including Levi's, Zara and H&M. "They hurled stones …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Sanjay Garg on ‘The Offbeat Sari’ and why India needs its own exhibition

The Hindu

Recently, while attending an event in Mallorca, Spain, I spotted a foreigner wearing a tulsi bead necklace. This is what I see happening at The Offbeat Sari exhibition at London’s Design Museum, on Kensington High Street. It is an interesting perspective because it turns the whole sari story around, rooting the historical garment in today’s contemporary experiments and points of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Dharavi fire guts small factories, causes loss of over ₹6 crore

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: A major blaze on Wednesday morning gutted at least 100 small garment factories, bakeries, godowns, residential units and hutments at the Kamla Nagar and Shahu Nagar areas in Dharavi. “There was no road to reach the spot, due to which the blaze escalated and reached Level 3,” said chief fire officer Sanjay Manjrekar. “All the recently bought cloth caught …

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3 years ago

'I can only do so much': We asked fast-fashion shoppers how ethical concerns shape their choices

ABC

You've found the perfect dress. We conducted in-depth interviews with 21 women who buy "fast fashion" — "on-trend" clothing made and sold at very low cost — to find out how much they think about the conditions of the workers who make their clothes, and what effort they take to avoid slave-made clothing. All our interviewees told us they felt …

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3 years, 10 months ago

28 garment workers killed in flooded factory in Morocco

The Independent

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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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Extreme heat puts garment factory workers at risk, study shows

Bangladesh banks, garment factories reopen after authorities ease curfew

Tiruppur garment producers to collaborate with Coimbatore engineering industry for machinery spares

Delhi: Fire breaks out at garment store in Shahdara

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

Bangladesh garment workers clash with police as factories reopen

Sanjay Garg on ‘The Offbeat Sari’ and why India needs its own exhibition

Dharavi fire guts small factories, causes loss of over ₹6 crore

'I can only do so much': We asked fast-fashion shoppers how ethical concerns shape their choices

28 garment workers killed in flooded factory in Morocco

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