The industry supplies low-cost clothing to the United States, and is a crucial part of the Asian countries’ economies.

How was it informed by events of the global sixties? Subho Basu's Intimation of Revolution: Global Sixties and the Making of Bangladesh maps out this fantastic history of the making of Bangladesh.

Inside the buildings, migrant workers from across China labor in garment factories to produce clothing for super-cheap fast-fashion brands, mostly SHEIN, which has been making inroads into American ...

“With Temu and Shein selling even cheaper ... “These were people from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Romania and Bulgaria who saw the factory bosses as gods for putting food on their tables ...

Shein and Temu benefit from Trump's pause on ending the de minimis exemption — for now. The de minimis exemption allows duty-free imports under $800. Meanwhile, many companies that source their ...

(AP video shot by Al Emrun Garjon) Policemen use batons to disperse supporters of the banned Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir near Baitul Mokarram Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP ...

Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh is a sprawling mass of humanity. It's a sea of makeshift bamboo shelters, home to more than one million Rohingya refugees - a mainly Muslim minority from Rakhine state in ...

Smart technology has improved productivity and wages, and made Bangladesh’s top factories more globally competitive, factory owners and their industry association told Rest of World. After installing ...

At least four workers of a ready-made garment (RMG) factory in Ashulia were injured in a fire that broke out earlier at the factory today (5 March). The identities of the injured workers could not be ...

A fire broke out at a garment factory in the industrial area of Ashulia, Dhaka, injuring five workers. The incident occurred at Tanzila Textile Limited in the Baroipara area of Ashulia around 10am on ...

Workers filmed secretly at a Shein supplier’s factory by Channel 4, in 2022, spoke of their inhumane conditions (Photos: Channel 4) In January, a senior Shein lawyer repeatedly refused to tell ...