Bangladesh Garment Factories Reopen After Sheikh Hasina Ouster
Factories are reopening, but trade may suffer some damage (representative) Dhaka: Bangladesh’s garment factories, which are expected to account for 90 percent of the country’s exports, reopened on Wednesday in hopes of quickly returning to full operation after production was disrupted by violent protests that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week. Sheikh Hasina resigned […]
Rare ‘cotton candy’ lobster caught by fishermen, plus Lululemon garment draws backlash
“Cotton Candy Lobsters exist in approximately 1 in 100 million specimens!” a representative for the science center told Fox News Digital in an email. (Seacoast Science Center) Welcome to the Fox News Lifestyle Newsletter. If you haven’t yet received this newsletter in your email, Subscribe here. “One in 100 million” – A rare blue and […]
Bangladesh Eases Curfew, Garment Factories And Banks Reopen After Protests
Student groups that led this month’s protests have called off demonstrations until at least Friday. Dhaka, Bangladesh: In Bangladesh, garment factories and banks reopened on Wednesday after authorities relaxed a night-time curfew imposed to quell deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service recruitment quotas. At least 186 people were killed in last week’s […]
Garment workers have lost out on $4bn of severance pay, says rights group | Garment workers
More than £4bn in wages has been withheld from millions of garment workers making clothes for Western clothing brands over the past 15 years, according to new estimates of redundancy ‘wage theft’ in the global fashion industry. ing. of Labor Rights Consortium Work Rights Research Group (WRC) says garment workers are being denied billions of […]
Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
Last month, a state-appointed committee increased the minimum monthly wage by 56 percent. Dhaka: For ten years, Bangladeshi garment worker Naim Pramanik has used his nimble fingers to sew shirts and trousers for top Western brands for the world's wealthy to wear. Now 28, he is unemployed after being fired for his courageous participation in […]
Bangladesh Labour Protest 150 Bangladesh Garment Factories Shut “Indefinitely”, 11,000 Workers Charged
Violent protests erupted in Bangladesh last month demanding better wages (File) Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Bangladeshi garment manufacturer closed 150 factories “indefinitely” on Saturday, police said, as police collectively charged 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage. announced. Bangladesh’s 3,500 garment factories account for about 85% of the country’s $55 billion […]
Video: Apple Store employee wears pro-Palestinian garment, smiles when confronted about it, and store manager defends her
An Apple Store employee was caught on video smiling when questioned about wearing pro-Palestinian clothing on the job, and a store manager defended her. What are the details? of video — Posted Thursday on X — A man is seen apparently recording the clip and talking near a pair of Apple Store employees, one of […]
Bangladesh Cops, Garment Workers Clash During Protest Over Low Wage
Bangladesh is one of the world’s largest clothing exporters (File) Dhaka: Bangladeshi police clashed Tuesday with thousands of garment workers demanding fair wages for the clothing they make for major Western brands, a day after similar protests left at least two people dead. Police say tens of thousands of workers from dozens of factories have […]
Field invader wearing ‘Virginity Rocks’ garment interrupts Orioles-Rangers playoff game
Fans of the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers may have gotten more than they bargained for at Camden Yards during Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Saturday. In the bottom of the eighth inning, a man wearing a small suit ran onto the field, but was quickly tackled and removed by security […]
Remains found in garment bag in 1978 ID’ed as Florence Charleston
A severely decomposed body packed in a clothing bag and buried in a shallow grave in Nevada in 1978, according to advanced DNA testing, is that of an Ohio woman who disappeared after eventually moving to Oregon with her boyfriend. It has been found. Nevada State Police announced Wednesday that the victim at the center […]
