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Opinion | An Opportunity in Crisis for India's Garment Industry
As Chinas and Bangladesh's dominance wanes, the world is searching for the next textile hub.
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Crackdown On Leather Units Hits Jobs, Exports Despite PM Modi's Goal
The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create millions of jobs by more than doubling the leather industry's revenues to $27 billion by 2020.
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Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Kills 12, Injures Several Others
A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said.
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'Black Friday' Massacre Tears At Fabric Of Bangladesh's Garment Sector
Emdadul Islam's three-decade career in Bangladesh's garment trade has seen the industry hit by riots, labour unrest, power shortages and safety scandals, but he had never lost faith in its ability to weather the latest crisis and continue to grow.
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Bangladesh Charges 38 With Murder Over 2013 Garment Factory Collapse
A court in Bangladesh formally charged 38 people with murder on Monday in connection with the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building which killed 1,135 people in the country's worst industrial disaster.
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Japan's Uniqlo Suspends Most Bangladesh Travel, Others Reviewing Operations
Foreign companies with nationals working in Bangladesh's garment and building industries have suspended travel to the country and told workers there to stay at home after a deadly attack by Islamist terrorists on a restaurant in Dhaka on Friday.
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Bangladesh Garment Industry Fears For Future After Attack
The horrific killing of diners at a Dhaka cafe has fanned fears that surging violence may imperil the giant garment industry in Bangladesh, which built its economy on cheaply supplying fashion to the world's big-name brands.
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Garment Exporters Face Stiff Competition From Neighbours
The EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) allows exporters belonging to developing countries to pay less or no duties on their exports to the EU, thereby giving them vital access to EU markets and contributing to their economic growth.
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Inspection Tensions Add to Bangladesh Garment Industry's Woes
It took Western safety inspectors only about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters Ltd, a Bangladesh clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Debenhams.
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$500 Million World Cup Boost for Bangladesh Garment Makers
Bangladesh garment manufacturers bagged at least $500 million in export orders to sew World Cup jerseys for fans across the globe in a major industry boost after a string of disasters, officials said on Monday.
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Bangladesh factory victims get money ahead of anniversary
A fund created to compensate victims of Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster made its first payments Tuesday as the country prepared to mark the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse
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Bangladesh government seizes properties of owner of collapsed factory
The Bangladesh government has seized properties belonging to the owner of a building that collapsed and killed 1,138 garment workers, the worst industrial disaster in the country's history, an official said on Thursday.
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Owner of collapsed Bangladesh factory faces murder charges
Bangladesh police said on Tuesday they will press murder charges against the owner of a nine-storey building that collapsed and killed 1,135 garment workers last April, the worst industrial disaster in the country's history.
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Bangladesh violence closes 100 garment factories
Garment workers demanding higher pay have clashed with police and attacked factories in an industrial belt on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital.
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After worst industrial disaster, authorities shut down factory at risk
Bangladesh authorities on Wednesday shut down an eight-storey factory complex after cracks appeared in a wall, triggering panic among thousands of garment workers who feared the building would collapse, police and officials said.
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Opinion | An Opportunity in Crisis for India's Garment Industry
As Chinas and Bangladesh's dominance wanes, the world is searching for the next textile hub.
-
Crackdown On Leather Units Hits Jobs, Exports Despite PM Modi's Goal
The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create millions of jobs by more than doubling the leather industry's revenues to $27 billion by 2020.
-
Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Kills 12, Injures Several Others
A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said.
-
'Black Friday' Massacre Tears At Fabric Of Bangladesh's Garment Sector
Emdadul Islam's three-decade career in Bangladesh's garment trade has seen the industry hit by riots, labour unrest, power shortages and safety scandals, but he had never lost faith in its ability to weather the latest crisis and continue to grow.
-
Bangladesh Charges 38 With Murder Over 2013 Garment Factory Collapse
A court in Bangladesh formally charged 38 people with murder on Monday in connection with the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building which killed 1,135 people in the country's worst industrial disaster.
-
Japan's Uniqlo Suspends Most Bangladesh Travel, Others Reviewing Operations
Foreign companies with nationals working in Bangladesh's garment and building industries have suspended travel to the country and told workers there to stay at home after a deadly attack by Islamist terrorists on a restaurant in Dhaka on Friday.
-
Bangladesh Garment Industry Fears For Future After Attack
The horrific killing of diners at a Dhaka cafe has fanned fears that surging violence may imperil the giant garment industry in Bangladesh, which built its economy on cheaply supplying fashion to the world's big-name brands.
-
Garment Exporters Face Stiff Competition From Neighbours
The EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) allows exporters belonging to developing countries to pay less or no duties on their exports to the EU, thereby giving them vital access to EU markets and contributing to their economic growth.
-
Inspection Tensions Add to Bangladesh Garment Industry's Woes
It took Western safety inspectors only about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters Ltd, a Bangladesh clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Debenhams.
-
$500 Million World Cup Boost for Bangladesh Garment Makers
Bangladesh garment manufacturers bagged at least $500 million in export orders to sew World Cup jerseys for fans across the globe in a major industry boost after a string of disasters, officials said on Monday.
-
Bangladesh factory victims get money ahead of anniversary
A fund created to compensate victims of Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster made its first payments Tuesday as the country prepared to mark the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse
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Bangladesh government seizes properties of owner of collapsed factory
The Bangladesh government has seized properties belonging to the owner of a building that collapsed and killed 1,138 garment workers, the worst industrial disaster in the country's history, an official said on Thursday.
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Owner of collapsed Bangladesh factory faces murder charges
Bangladesh police said on Tuesday they will press murder charges against the owner of a nine-storey building that collapsed and killed 1,135 garment workers last April, the worst industrial disaster in the country's history.
-
Bangladesh violence closes 100 garment factories
Garment workers demanding higher pay have clashed with police and attacked factories in an industrial belt on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital.
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After worst industrial disaster, authorities shut down factory at risk
Bangladesh authorities on Wednesday shut down an eight-storey factory complex after cracks appeared in a wall, triggering panic among thousands of garment workers who feared the building would collapse, police and officials said.
