Refayet Ullah Mirdha, The Daily Star Bangladesh is the second largest apparel exporter in the world, after China. The market share of Bangladesh, in the $503 billion global garment items is 5.1 percent, according to data from the International Trade Statistics of the World Bank in 2014. China’s market share is 38.6 percent and Vietnam and India share 3.7 percent. However, China has been losing its market share mainly due to higher cost of production

A day-long workshop on “Clean Clothes: Improve Occupational Safety and Health Compliances of Ready Made Garments (RMG) Workers in Bangladesh” will be held on Saturday, 24 October 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Organized by Diaspora organization, BASUG-Diaspora and Development e.V. and supported by the German development organisations, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Center for International Migration and Development (CIM),