While the garment exports of Sri Lanka increased by 25.7 percent in 2021 from 3.939 billion US dollars in 2020, the garment export volume of the South Asian nation narrowly missed the 5-billion-US-dollar mark by reaching 4.951 billion US dollars in 2021, according to the “External Sector Performance” report for December 2021 published by the...
17 Feb 2022
Garment worker unions in Sri Lanka have signed a ground-breaking agreement with employer association Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) on Monday, in which both parties reached an understanding about how to address vital workplace issues for garment workers, especially during the pandemic. Sri Lankan unions and workers groups have been...
27 Dec 2021
Danish fashion mogul Anders Holch Povlsen lost three of his four children in Sunday's Sri Lanka bombing attacks that killed more than 290 people and left more than 500 injured. See the gut-wrenching final photos posted to his daughter's Instagram account before the attack happened during their family vacation. Source: Access, YouTube.
23 Apr 2019
