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Research by Climate Rights International (CRI) suggests high temperatures in Bangladesh's garment sector can worsen a range ...
Climate Rights International's report paints a distressing portrait of what it describes as a crisis "unfolding at the ...
The United States has announced a new set of tariffs that could deal a blow to India’s export competitiveness. The latest ...
Extreme heat, driven by the human-induced climate emergency, is endangering the lives and livelihoods of urban workers in ...
The collapse of the nine-floor rabbit warren of textile factories at Rana Plaza in Dhaka on April 24, 2013 killed 1,138 workers and shone a spotlight on the poor safety standards in Bangladesh's ...
Retailers Sign Bangladesh Garment Factory Safety Deal 4 minute read A clothes tag lies in the rubble of a garments factory that collapsed in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 5, 2013.
Suppliers to Walmart have delayed or put on hold some orders from garment manufacturers in Bangladesh, according to three factory owners and correspondence from a supplier seen by Reuters, as U.S ...
Bangladesh exports $8.4 billion of garments annually to the United States, according to data from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the national trade body.
Bangladesh sends more than $7bn of clothing to the U.S. every year. The country’s garment manufacturing industry makes up 80 percent of its total exports and employs more than four million ...
Dhaka’s trade deficit with the US is smaller than that of Vietnam. Yet it has been slapped with a higher tariff rate.
At least eight people perished Wednesday when a blaze raced through a garment factory in Bangladesh. The fire comes just weeks after the building collapse at Rana Plaza claimed more than 1,000 lives.