RMG employee

RMG employee

Once the backbone of the industry, women's share in the RMG workforce has dropped from over 80% at the time of the sector's inception in the 1980s to 53% in 2023. Photo: TBS

Low-cost health initiatives, digital tools can boost RMG productivity and worker wellbeing: Experts

The garment industry contributes about 16% of Bangladesh’s GDP and 80% of its export earnings, employing around four million workers—about 57% of them women. Yet long-standing health problems among...

Employees of HDF Apparels Ltd staged the protest around 9:30am, bringing traffic to a standstill on both sides of the highway. Photo: Collected

Workers in Gazipur end Dhaka-Mymensingh highway blockade called over unpaid wages

Sketch: Tbs

Spare a thought for the children of female RMG workers

Sketch: Tbs

Spare a thought for the children of female RMG workers

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wagely & Shadhin partner to provide Smartphone EMI facility for RMG workers

Can ethical leadership and justice impact RMG's sustainability? 

Can ethical leadership and justice impact RMG's sustainability? 

RMG workers stage demo in city demanding wage hike

RMG workers stage demo in city demanding wage hike

Mid-level RMG staff too face job losses

Mid-level RMG staff too face job losses

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22,000 workers lost jobs as 47 RMG units closed in Chattogram 

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81% garment workers walk to factories

RMG workers in a factory in the capital. File Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Riddle of low infection in garment workers: Age, test data may solve it

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Deadline ends, but 2,711 RMG, textile factories are yet to pay Eid bonus

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10,000 Gazipur RMG workers lose jobs in six months