US president Barack Obama should revoke Bangladesh’s beneficial trade status if the country doesn’t comply with US benchmarks to improve labour and safety standards, congressman George Miller, who visited garment factories in Bangladesh recently, said on Friday. Bangladesh participates in a US programme known
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High-powered panel to oversee RMG
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the Cabinet Secretary to form a high-powered committee headed by a state minister for submitting a report before the cabinet soon after visiting all the garment factories to review infrastructures and other safety measures, taken by the factory-owners. Sheikh Hasina, also president of Awami League (AL),