Protest Dozens of people were injured in clashes in Bangladesh as thousands of garment workers rallied to demand a minimum wage of US$100 per month. Over 100 factories were forced to shut down as protesters attempted to attack plants that remained … [Read More]

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BBC investigation claimed on Monday.Panorama's Dying for a Bargain secretly filmed workers making clothes for the supermarket Lidl, who were locked inside a factory in the middle of the night. Having started work at 7am, they were not let out until 2.30am the next day.At a factory producing clothing for retailers Gap and H&M, the [...]

Thousands of garment workers staged violent protests here and key apparel hubs on the outskirts of the city Monday to demand hike in minimum wages, police said. Three days after staging a mass protest, unruly workers fought pitched battles with law enforcers and vandalised dozens of vehicles in the national capital. Several policemen and garment [...]

THE CONFLICT: Scores were injured after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in the third day of clashes with thousands of garment workers demanding better minimum wages. More than 100 factories were closed.THE ISSUE: The workers are demanding that their minimum monthly wage be raised to 8,114 takas (around $100) from the current 3,000 [...]

The BCB has failed to begin the hearing of its anti-corruption tribunal within the stipulated time frame of 40 days from the issue of charges against the players accused of fixing during this season's BPL. The hearing should have begun today but the board has not yet formed the ten-member disciplinary panel, even though two [...]

At least 50 people, including some policemen, were injured, witnesses and police said, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and workers responded by throwing broken bricks. Baten's deputy Mustafizur Rahman also said about 300 factories, which make clothing for Western retailers such as Walmart, were shut on Monday to contain the violence, [...]

Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh continued protesting today. Dozens of people have been injured in clashes with police. Working conditions have come under the spotlight, because of tragedies like the collapse of a garment factory that killed more than a thousand … [Read More]

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Bangladeshi garment workers have blocked roads and set factories on fire demanding a minimum monthly wage of 100 dollars. Abdul Baten, police chief of the Gazipur industrial district near Dhaka, which is home to hundreds of factories, said nearly 200,000 workers had joined the demonstrations, as it entered its third day. According to the Courier [...]

Five months after the devastating fire that killed more than 1,100 clothes factory staff in Bangladesh, an investigation has found evidence of employers abusing workers' … [Read More]

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About 50,000 garment industry workers held their largest protest so far in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to demand an increase of more than 1-1/2 times in the minimum wage, police and labor officials said on Saturday."Our backs are against the wall, so we don't have any alternative unless we raise our voice strongly," Nazma [...]