Dhaka Garment Industry

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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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  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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• US urges garment buyers to stay engaged with Bangladesh

  International garment buyers, particularly those in the United States, have a crucial role to play in ensuring the safety of Bangladesh's garment workers, a senior government official said on Monday.

• Protests erupt in Bangladesh's troubled garment hub

  Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers Monday as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital Dhaka.

• Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts

  A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, US-based VF Corp.

• Bangladesh garment hub reopens after unrest

  Hundreds of garment factories in a Bangladesh manufacturing hub reopened Friday, days after they were closed down due to unrest sparked by the country's worst industrial tragedy, employers said.

• Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen on Friday

  Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people.

• Wal-Mart checks Bangladesh factories; retailer accord elusive

  Wal-Mart Stores Inc stepped up Bangladesh factory inspections while US and European retailers pursued separate accords to try to prevent another disaster in a garment industry where more than 1,200 workers have died in the past six months.