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By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, The New York Times: Two groups of retailers — one dominated by American companies, the other by European brands — announced on Wednesday that they had agreed on joint inspection standards for thousands of garment factories in Bangladesh as part of their effort to improve workplace safety there. Major Retailers Join Bangladesh […]
Read MoreFirst State-Owned Bank For Women Launched By PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched Bharatiya Mahila Bank (Indian Women’s Bank) in south Mumbai, home to one of seven branches that are now operational. The bank was announced in February, when India was still reeling from the fatal gang-rape of a student in the capital. It focuses […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 20 (DCCI Press Release) — Recently garments industry of Bangladesh is facing a setback due to ongoing unrest and unexpected attack on different established factories in Savar, Tongi, Ashulia and Gazipur area. NEO Zipper Company Ltd. situated in Tongi, Gazipur a company with foreign investment is also attacked today like many other factories […]
Read MoreThe All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), chaired by Ms. Anne Main, has released a report “After Rana Plaza: 2013” on the readymade garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh. The report is the result of six months of research into the causes of, and circumstances surrounding, the Rana Plaza collapse, conducted by the six-member APPG fact-finding mission […]
Read Moreঢাকা, ২০ নভেম্বর, প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি: ভারতের অ্যাপোলো ট্রান্সপ্লান্ট ইনস্টিটিউট চলতি বছরের নভেম্বরে সফলভাবে প্রথম লিভার প্রতিস্থাপনের দেড় দশকের মাইলফলক অর্জন করছে। এটি অ্যাপোলো হসপিটাল গ্র“পের একটি প্রতিষ্ঠান। ১৯৮৩ সালে ভারতের চেন্নাইয়ে এ গ্র“পটি প্রথম কর্পোরেট হসপিটাল সেবাদাতা প্রতিষ্ঠান হিসাবে যাত্রা শুরু করেছিল। এর ১৫ বছর পর ১৯৯৮ সালে তারা লিভার ট্রান্সপ্লান্টেশনের মত জটিল কাজটি সফলতার […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 20 (Apollo Press Release) –The Apollo Transplant Institute, under the aegis of the Apollo Group of Hospitals, marks its 15th anniversary of having conducted India’s first successful liver transplant in November 2013. The Apollo solid organ transplant program has registered unprecedented growth to become the world’s busiest solid organ transplant program with 1200 […]
Read MoreThe Malaysian government is studying closely several reasons for the slow entry of Bangladeshi workers in the plantation sector under the government to government (G2G) arrangement signed between Malaysia and Bangladesh at the end of last year. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said among the reasons for the slow entry was the process […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Thousands of garment workers Tuesday staged violent demonstration after two of their colleagues died Monday evening when the laborers, demanding higher minimum wage, clashed with police in a key apparel hub. The unrest entered the 15th consecutive day Tuesday despit the garment owners agreed to a new wage at a […]
Read MoreThe new study by the ILO’s Research Department presents a series of policies to achieve both economic growth and decent working conditions in Bangladesh. GENEVA, Nov. 19 (ILO Press Release) — Improving working conditions in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better […]
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