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Empowering Bangladesh's female garment workers
Asia focus, Ruchira Tabassum Naved and Sadika Akhter in Dhaka, Published on 14/05/2018
» For four decades, the garment industry has powered Bangladesh's economy and put more people to work than any other sector. Women in particular have benefited from this hiring boom, and today, a majority of the industry's 4 million employees are female.
Thanulux looks beyond garment trade
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 13/08/2019
» Thanulux Plc, a garment arm under Saha Group, is transforming into a total fashion solution provider from a garment manufacturer to cope with rapid change in Thailand's fashion landscape and technological disruption.
Garment factories to compensate workers
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 13/09/2019
» Garment factories that supply to global brands such as coffee giant Starbucks and sports gear maker Bauer Hockey were raided by police on Thursday and ordered to compensate hundreds of workers after an expose found illegal underpayments.
Cambodia's H1 garment exports soar
Business, Reuters, Published on 25/10/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's garment exports grew by 10.73% in the first half of 2018 and are projected to remain strong despite a European Union threat to withdraw duty-free trading access, official data showed on Wednesday.
Bangladesh garment factories reopen, defying virus lockdown
AFP, Published on 27/04/2020
» DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladesh's garment factories defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown to reopen on Sunday, raising fears the industry's vulnerable and largely female workforce could be exposed to the contagion.
43kg of heroin found in garment shipment
Online Reporters, Published on 07/03/2023
» Customs officials say they have found more than 43 kilogrammes of heroin worth 107.5 million baht hidden in hilltribe garments bound for Hong Kong.
Bangladesh garment factories firing workers after protests
Reuters, Published on 28/12/2023
» DHAKA - Bangladesh garment factories have fired hundreds of workers since protests in October demanding higher wages, three labour unions representing half a million workers told Reuters this week, while many others are on the run fearing arrest.
Cambodia expects investment to hold steady despite US tariffs
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/09/2025
» Cambodia expects investment to keep flowing into labour-intensive industries across Southeast Asia despite US tariffs due to the cost-competitiveness of the region’s workforce.
Indonesia garment sector faces massive layoffs on China dumping
Bloomberg, Published on 16/01/2025
» Indonesia’s fragile garment industry may have to lay off hundreds of thousands of workers this year if the government is unable to rein in persistent dumping from China, an industry association official warned.
Vietnam garment exports surge on US-China trade war
Reuters, Published on 02/11/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam's garment exports are set to rise by 14.8% this year to $35 billion, an industry official said on Friday, as US retailers diversify their product sourcing to keep costs under control amid an escalating trade dispute with China.