Bangladesh’s Clothing Conundrum

Since the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013 that cost more than 1100 workers' lives, Bangladesh has striven to make the production of ready-made clothes safer. Now it's positioning itself as a lead player in environmental sustainability. Yet its garments remain affordable. Fashion film producer and campaigner Sheemtana Shameem asks how this is possible.

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It packed a lot in, but it didn’t feel overstuffed… just full of interesting content.

Gwenan Roberts, commissioning editor, BBC World Service
Broadcaster
BBC World Service, 11th July 2023
Credits
Presenter: Sheemtana Shameem
Producer: Shiroma Silva
Executive Producer: Kristine Pommert