Supreme Court of Bangladesh gives further extension for Bangladesh Accord hearing

At a court hearing on Monday, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ruled for the fourth time to give an extension to the legally binding rule of the Bangladesh Accord. The decision was reached after the Bangladeshi government’s own data showed that its own regulators were not ready to oversee the country’s ready made garment industry. “The Bangladesh Accord has saved lives and has helped make the country’s garment industry more sustainable,” the Head of Accord co-signatory UNI Commerce, Mathias Bolton said, according to a press release. “The Accord must be allowed to continue operations in the country until the government is ready to effectively take over the training, inspection, and remediation functions of the Accord. Currently, the government clearly does not have that capac…