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"Heat exhaustion hits Bangladesh garment workers amid power cuts", 20 May 2026
...since late April the garment industry belt around the capital Dhaka has endured alternating rain and scorching heat...
For many smaller garment manufacturers it is too costly to run generators during grid power outages, so they often minimise the use of fans and other cooling equipment, said Zahangir Alam, an independent fashion sector consultant.
"With such distressing heat, many workers are falling sick with profuse sweating, dizziness, nausea, cramps and fainting," said Kalpona Akter, executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity...
The conflict in the Middle East has led to an energy supply shortage and a sharp rise in the cost of fuel.
"With energy supply disruption, industries are struggling to keep up production, let alone run fans, ventilation and cooling equipment adequately," said A.K.M. Kamruzzaman, a manager at Matin Spinning Mill in Gazipur, near Dhaka...
Labour leaders and sector experts said protections for workers during heatwaves remained patchy, with no robust framework covering factory heat risks...
Growing heat is also a supply chain issue, but is often ignored in brand compliance systems, said climate experts...
Several global brands contacted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation did not respond to requests for comment on heat adaptation.
