Inspection of 81 garment factories conducted by the 23 special inspection teams of the Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishments of the government of Bangladesh found labour rights and safety standards below the required level. Some important compliance issues, such as formation of trade union, insurance facility for the garment workers, daycare centre, maternal welfare, […]
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80pc wetlands and flood flow zones filled up
Real Estate Development and Housing Companies have destroyed more than 80 percent of the capital’s conservable floodplains and water retention, wetlands and flood flow zones, mostly in the last five years, as the government stalled implementing key recommendations of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), intensifying flood and climate change vulnerability to Bangladesh, say experts. It is self-destructive, […]
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Spinning Mills built in the middle of the river Turag
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) or Capital City Development Authority yesterday staged a rather ridiculous eviction drive with 10 labourers to knock down only 80 square feet brick wall of a 9,292 square metres spinning mills being built on the flood flow zone of the Turag river. Led by an executive magistrate, the eviction team arrived […]
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DoE fines dyeing plant fined for pollution
Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a textile dyeing factory in Gazipur for polluting the river Turag with untreated toxic effluent. AMC Knit Composite had been operating without environmental clearance since 2008 in Mohna Bhabanipur, said a DoE press release. Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, director of DoE, handed down the fine of BDT 3.1 million (EUR […]
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Sustainability Compact – Achievements and Challenges
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Bangladesh Sustainability Compact Achievements
- PROGRESLIF: Progressive Life Insurance Co
- SHAHJABANK: Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited
- BDFINANCE: Bangladesh Finance and Investment Co
- TRUSTBANK: Trust Bank Limited
- UNIONCAP: Union Capital
