The WAR that America and Israel launched on Iran may be over, but Bangladesh remains desperately short of(极度缺乏) power. Its garment factories, especially, have been running low on(快要用完) it. The country’s spinning, knitting and dyeing mills guzzle(大量消耗（资源）) gas and petrochemicals(石油化工产品)—and around 95% of Bangladesh’s oil and gas comes from the Gulf(① 背景：波斯湾（Persian Gul...). Rising costs are squeezing(挤压，压缩（利润/空间）) the businesses. On June 6th Al-Muslim Group, a large clothing exporter, sacked(解雇（大规模）) nearly 1,900 people from its knitwear(针织服装) and denim(牛仔布) factories in Dhaka, the capital.
美国和以色列对伊朗发动的战争可能已经结束，但孟加拉国仍然极度缺乏电力。尤其是其服装厂，电力已经捉襟见肘。该国的纺纱、针织和染色厂大量消耗天然气和石化产品——孟加拉国约95%的石油和天然气来自波斯湾。不断上涨的成本正在挤压企业。6月6日，大型服装出口商阿尔穆斯林集团在首都达卡的针织和牛仔布工厂解雇了近1900人。
Over 4m Bangladeshis, mostly women, work in the industry, making clothes for Western brands like Zara and H&M. Around 40m people—25% of the population—depend on(依赖，依靠) it. Clothing made up(构成，占据) four-fifths(五分之四) of Bangladesh’s export earnings last year, and 13% of GDP(国内生产总值). Only China exports(出口（额/量）) more clothes than Bangladesh.
超过400万孟加拉国人（其中多数为女性）从事该行业，为Zara和H&M等西方品牌制作服装。大约4000万人——占全国人口的25%——依赖于该行业。去年，服装占孟加拉国出口收入的五分之四，占GDP的13%。只有中国的服装出口量超过孟加拉国。
But the sector was already under stress(承受压力). The student-led uprising(起义，造反) that toppled(推翻，打倒) Sheikh Hasina Wajed(① 人物背景：谢赫·哈西娜·瓦吉德（19...) in 2024 also sapped(削弱，消耗) buyers’ confidence in Bangladesh as a reliable partner, explains Mehdi Mahbub, an industry analyst. When Bangladeshis took to the streets(走上街头（抗议）), many garment factories went idle(闲置，停工). Five were set on fire(纵火，放火). Some of the senior Awami League(① 背景：人民联盟（Awami Leag...) figures who were thrown in prison(投入监狱) also owned garment factories. Over the past three years more than 400 of them have shut down(关闭，停业).
但该行业本就承受压力。行业分析师迈赫迪·马赫布布解释说，2024年推翻谢赫·哈西娜·瓦吉德的学生起义也削弱了买家对孟加拉国作为可靠伙伴的信心。当孟加拉人走上街头时，许多服装厂停工停产。有五家被纵火。一些被投入监狱的人民联盟高级人物也拥有服装厂。过去三年里，已有400多家工厂倒闭。