Textiles fuel the industrial base of Bangladesh, accounting for more than 80% of export revenue last year. The sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of numerous labour strikes which brought nearly all economic activity to a halt, following unsafe working conditions that saw the death of more than a thousand workers in recent years.
Although agriculture employs almost half of the labour force, the majority of GDP is generated through services including telecommunication, information technology, tourism, construction and retail. However, globalisation and increasing competition in international trade endangers higher growth rates.