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The executive director of US based labour-rights group the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) has told just-style that clothing manufacturers and their buyers in Bangladesh have a “moral obligation” to spend an extra 10 cents to make each garment, to boost factory safety.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

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Multinational sporting goods giant Nike made positive moves to shrug the bad PR associated with low cost sourcing, announcing it was "changing the rules of the game" in May, with a new factory rating system – the Sourcing & Manufacturing Sustainability Index.…

BY POORNA RODRIGO

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has asked international donors to offer money after a new aid report calling for greener production in Bangladesh’s clothing sector.

The study by the South Asia Enterprise Development Facility, a business initiative of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) said the ready-made garment sector can save 125 billion litres of water annually by cleaning up its textile wet processing units.…

BY POORNA RODRIGO

Bangladesh has scrapped 203 ships so far this year, making it the largest number ever in the history of its thriving ship breaking industry, the Bangladesh Ship Breaker’s Association (BSBA) secretary Nazmul Islam has told Steel First.

In 2010 Bangladesh scrapped only 75 ships, and the number improved to 145 in 2011 before it shot up to 203 in this year so far.…

BY POORNA RODRIGO

BANGLADESH is risking serious economic problems by concentrating so much on clothing exports, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has concluded in a report released ahead of a review of the country’s trade policies. "Exports remain highly concentrated both in terms of products and destinations, which carries some risk, with readymade-garment (RMG) exports to the EU and the US the current mainstay," it warns.…

BY POORNA RODRIGO

BANGLADESH’S state minister for labour has told just-style an immediate pay hike for garment sector workers is not possible despite employees’ demand for 30% increase. "At least there should be a gap of three years between two wage reviews.…

BY POORNA RODRIGO

Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is waiting for a response from the Bangladesh labour ministry over its proposal of regular meetings about pay and working conditions between brand owners and garment workers.

"We expressed a desire that brands’ representatives and the ministry of labour should meet regularly to discuss current issues.…

BY POORNA RODRIGO

THE BANGLADESH Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has told global clothing buyers to increase the "cutting and making" (CM) prices of garments so local manufacturers can afford higher wages to workers.

Speaking to Knitting International, BKMEA president Salim Osman said this would help ease the labour problems currently harming the sector: "If buyers do not give higher prices or at least as expected, how would manufacturers cope with the matter of pay hikes?"…

BY MARIANI DEWI

BRANCH campuses of established western universities can be major prizes for emerging market higher education systems – but attracting these institutions is not easy, even for economically dynamic countries such as Malaysia.

There are still only six branch campuses in this south-east Asian country.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

THE NEW vice-chancellor of Bangladesh’s Asian University for Women (AUW) has told University World News how she plans to help her institution move forward after management disputes sparked negative publicity. Fahima Aziz was appointed four months ago and is focusing on securing quality academics and attracting more students to the university’s temporary campus in Chittagong.…