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Bangladesh's smaller garment factories hit hard by cost of safety overhaul
Published Mon, Jan 5, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Dhaka
UNDAUNTED by a run of horrific factory accidents that have hit Bangladesh's garments industry, two entrepreneurs bought Adorn Knitwear Ltd earlier this year.
It is a small business not far from the rubble of Rana Plaza, a Dhaka suburb building that collapsed in April 2013 killing more than 1,100 people, most low-paid seamstresses, and prompting a costly safety overhaul at plants large and small.
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