Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the foreign buyers to raise the price of garment products, saying that this money would be spent for further welfare of the country's four million readymade garment (RMG) workers, the ...
Tags: aaparel and clothing, garment products, readymade garment export
The campaign for safety in the Bangladeshi readymade garment sector has received a boost with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announcing a wide-ranging safety programme by providing $50 million ...
Tags: fshionable garment, IFC, garment
Bangladeshi exporters, including apparel makers, will now have to pay 0.6 per cent tax at source on their income from export from the upcoming financial year, as the government slashed the rate from the proposed 1 per cent, according to ...
Tags: Bangla Apparel, Apparel
Pakistan will support women businessmen in the garment sector in Bangladesh to upgrade their entrepreneurial skills, according to media reports in the two countries. Pakistani high commissioner Shuja Alam and acting managing director of ...
Tags: garment sector, women garment
Garment makers in Bangladesh have urged the government to collect 0.3 per cent tax at source on 10 per cent of their profits from exports, instead of overall profits, according to media reports in the country. The National Board of ...
Tags: Garment Exporters, apparel export
Readymade garment exports from Bangladesh in the July-March period of the current fiscal year, rose by 3.18 per cent to US$ 18.62 billion against the last year export value of $18.05 billion, according to data from the Export Promotion ...
Tags: Readymade garment, Garment Exports
At a seminar organised recently in Dhaka, experts recommended framing rules for making the Bangladesh textile industry environmental complaint due to the rise in demand for green products. The seminar titled ‘Legal and Regulatory ...
Tags: textile industry, green products
Bangladesh imports a major portion of the cotton that is consumed in the country from many sources. Sourcing raw material all over the globe means Bangladeshi spinners have to deal with wide variations in the type and degree of ...
Tags: Bangla Spinners, raw material
Global experts and apparel retailers have shown optimism in the Bangladesh apparel sector and said that its target to export $50 billion worth of garments by 2021 could be achieved. This was revealed in a statement from the Bangladesh ...
Tags: ethical standards, Apparel
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a body recognised for fire safety, signed a partnership which will guide garment factories adopt best practices and most up to date standards for ...
Tags: NFPA, Safety Measures, Accessories
The apex bank of Bangladesh has extended its refinancing scheme of easy loans to the garment sector for improving safety standards in garment production units. This loan upto Taka 10 million, which can be borrowed from commercial banks or ...
Tags: Bangladesh, Safety, Apparel
Speakers at a high-level event to commemorate One Year after Rana Plaza, reiterated their commitment to working together to ensure safety and rights for workers in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. “It has been a ...
Tags: Garment Units
Bangladesh's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Textiles and Jute Ministry has recommended increased allocation to the sector in the next fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, for the overall development of textile and jute sectors. The ...
Tags: Textile
On the anniversary of the tragic collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) highlights the efforts undertaken by European retailers and importers to contribute to the improvement of safety conditions ...
Over 70 labour rights groups and trade unions have signed up to a joint statement calling on global clothing brands that source from Bangladesh to pay into the Rana Plaza Donor Trust Fund and ensure the survivors and families of victims of ...
Tags: Clothes Campaign, Textile