High Street fashion emporiums around the world have closed their doors for lockdowns, but the largely forgotten victims are thousands of miles from the glass and steel-fronted shopping arcades. Sabina …
Bangladesh reopens 600 apparel factories despite virus risk
Nearly a month after Bangladesh ordered garment factories shuttered to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the industry is reopening hundreds of them despite risks the disease might spread …
120 Bangladeshis return from Kuwait
A total of 120 Bangladesh nationals will have returned home from Kuwait amid the coronavirus pandemic. A special flight of Jazeera Airways from Kuwait landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport …
Bangladesh restarts some garment factories, India debates an easing of restrictions
More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh that supply to global brands reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while in India calls grew for an easing …
Bangladesh textile workers flout coronavirus lockdown to demand wages
Hundreds of textile workers in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka took to the streets on Sunday demanding wages, flouting social distancing norms amid a nationwide lockdown to control the coronavirus pandemic …
Bangladesh Garment Factories Reopen, Defying Virus Lockdown
Hundreds of Bangladesh 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 …
Rohingya stranded at sea, Bangladesh says not its responsibility
The Bangladesh government has refused to allow some 500 Rohingya refugees stranded on board two fishing trawlers in the Bay of Bengal to come ashore, drawing criticism from rights groups. Foreign …
288 Bangladeshi prisoners, deportees repatriated from Oman
The government of Oman yesterday repatriated 288 Bangladeshi workers who were imprisoned or were about to be deported on various grounds, including not having valid documents. It has not yet been …
292 Bangladeshis return from Oman
Earlier in the afternoon, 332 Bangladesh nationals returned to the country from New Delhi and Chennai on two special flights A total of 292 Bangladeshis returned home from Oman on Friday. According to …
Bangladesh to turn back new Rohingya refugee boats: minister
Bangladesh will not accept two boats carrying hundreds of reportedly starving Rohingya refugees, the country’s foreign minister said Thursday as calls grew to rescue the Muslim outcasts. Bangladesh …