26 Aug 2025
Bangladesh: Over 30 garment factories shut, leaving hundreds of workers unemployed
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Aug 2025
Standort: Bangladesch
Unternehmen
Mercury Knit Wear Private - SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Geschlecht nicht angegeben )Themen
Impacts on Livelihoods , Purchasing practices: Order volume , Purchasing practices: PricesAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Aug 2025
Standort: Bangladesch
Unternehmen
Bay Creation - Supplier , Fruit of the Loom - Former buyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Geschlecht nicht angegeben )Themen
Impacts on Livelihoods , Purchasing practices: Prices , Purchasing practices: Order volumeAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Aug 2025
Standort: Bangladesch
Unternehmen
Conway Knit Wear - SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Geschlecht nicht angegeben )Themen
Purchasing practices: Order volume , Purchasing practices: Prices , Impacts on LivelihoodsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Aug 2025
Standort: Bangladesch
Unternehmen
Avanti Color Textile - SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Geschlecht nicht angegeben )Themen
Purchasing practices: Order volume , Purchasing practices: Prices , Impacts on LivelihoodsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Aug 2025
Standort: Bangladesch
Unternehmen
Fatullah Fabrics - SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Geschlecht nicht angegeben )Themen
Purchasing practices: Order volume , Purchasing practices: Prices , Impacts on LivelihoodsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Aug 2025
Standort: Bangladesch
Unternehmen
Disney Sweater - Supplier , Next - Former buyer , Lojas Renner SA - Former buyer , Debenhams Group (formerly Boohoo Group) - Former buyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Geschlecht nicht angegeben )Themen
Purchasing practices: Order volume , Purchasing practices: Prices , Impacts on LivelihoodsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Aug 2025
Standort: Bangladesch
Unternehmen
AST Garments - SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Geschlecht nicht angegeben )Themen
Purchasing practices: Order volume , Purchasing practices: Prices , Impacts on LivelihoodsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"Factory closures in Narayanganj push hundreds into joblessness", 26 August 2025
More than 30 garment factories in Narayanganj have shut down over the past year, leaving hundreds of workers unemployed and many of them turning to criminal activities for survival...
...at least 30 have closed in the past year, including 10 major export-oriented units such as AST Garments Limited, Disney Sweater Limited, Fatullah Fabrics Limited, Master Textiles Limited, Avanti Color Textile Limited, Conway Knit Wear Limited, Bay Creation Limited, Mercury Knit Wear Private Limited, Knit Garden Private Limited, and La Maison Kachur Limited.
The closure of these 10 factories alone has rendered 5,297 workers jobless, while the shutdown of smaller ready-made garment factories and dyeing plants has pushed the actual number of unemployed workers even higher...
Narayanganj District Industrial Police Superintendent Salim Badsha attributed the closures primarily to an order crisis, particularly among smaller factories dependent on sub-orders.
Narayanganj Garment Workers Front President Salim Mahmud said many owners fled after 5 August, leaving factories unable to pay wages and allowances. “Thousands of workers have lost jobs as businessmen abandoned their factories amid the crisis,” he said...
...Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) President Mohammad Hatem blamed the closures on Bangladesh Bank’s flawed policies, unethical buying practices of some international brands, and persistent gas shortages. “Some buyers refuse to pay full prices, forcing factories into short sales. If a shipment worth $550,000 is reduced to $250,000, it becomes impossible to survive,” he explained...