This year, not only has Tawhida Shiropa secured a whopping €100,000 investment from Tommy Hilfiger as part of the brand’s Fashion Frontier Challenge, but she has also earned a coveted spot on the Vogue Business 100 Innovators 2023 list.

Sami Alam, an aspiring fashion designer, decided to use his penchant for fashion to tell the story of these workers and highlight their unacknowledged labour. He designed the thought-provoking collection “Blood, Sweat and Tears” for his Master's graduation at International Fashion Academy (IFA) in Paris, France.

The government will form a new wage board for the garment sector in response to the apparel workers’ continued unrest in the previous four consecutive days, Lawmaker Shajahan Khan said today.