The National Tripartite Committee on Building and Fire Safety in the readymade garment sector on Thursday decided to set up a tripartite technical sub-committee to monitor and assess factory safety. At the first meeting of the National Tripartite
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Walmart won’t sign RMG sector accord
It will inspect all factories in the country US retailer Walmart said on Tuesday it did not plan to sign a Bangladesh fire and building safety accord drawn up by labour groups because it believed its current safety plans would get faster results, reports Reuters. While AFP said the retail giant would conduct in-depth
Bangladesh accord to cost global retailers only $2.5m each
At least 24 retailers, including Hennes & Mauritz and Inditex, each have agreed to contribute as much as $2.5 million over five years toward the cost of improving fire and building safety in Bangladesh, reports Bloomberg. The companies, also including Marks & Spencer Group,
NBFIs asked to assess safety of their buildings
The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked non-bank financial institutions to verify safety of their buildings to remain safe from any type of incident like the building collapse at Savar. The BB issued a circular to managing directors and chief executive officers of all NBFIs asking them to conduct by skilled engineers assessment of risks of ... Read more