MUMBAI, India – Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed more than 600 people. Some quickly ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh – In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 500 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish. Home to five factories that ...

(Reuters) -The current political unrest in Bangladesh is expected to disrupt the country's clothing industry, potentially affecting global apparel retailers from H&M to Zara as they head into the key ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about retail and the forces that are redefining shopping. Nearly a decade after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, ...

A year ago this week, at least 1,134 garment factory workers were killed and more than 2,000 injured when the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Bangladesh suddenly collapsed. Many of the workers were ...

Bangladesh urgently needs to diversify its economy. The country has a limited ability to produce and export sophisticated goods. It ranks low (128th out of 145 countries) on the Economic Complexity ...

BERLIN/DHAKA (Reuters) - A group set up to improve safety in Bangladesh's garment industry after the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013 is warning global fashion firms that they will have to stop sourcing ...

AMSTERDAM AND HONG KONG AND OAKLAND, CA / ACCESS Newswire / June 26, 2025 / Cascale (formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition) has released "Bangladesh Country Report: Macroeconomic and ...

Bangladesh residents may face “significant threats” of exposure to PFAS as a result of the country’s apparel industry, a new study has found. The “forever chemicals” have contaminated Bangladesh’s ...

DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Firefighters were working to get under control a massive fire that burned through a popular clothing market and spread to other small markets and buildings in Bangladesh’s ...

DHAKA, May 2, 2016 – Clothing exports could create more and better jobs in Bangladesh if the country makes improvements in productivity, product quality and reliability, and by enforcing better safety ...