Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has proposed that a Garments Sector Governance Authority be set up to coordinate governance initiatives of multiplicity of actors and to ensure their transparent and accountable delivery against ...
Tags: Apparel
The Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Government of Germany, will be holding the first Round Table on the Textiles Industry, and BMZ Minister Gerd Müller has invited participation of representatives of textile ...
Tags: Textiles
The World Bank has called on Bangladesh to raise domestic natural gas prices after five years without an increase. "The administered price of domestically produced natural gas is fixed at a level considerably below that of the ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Domestic Prices
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
The Government of Uzbekistan has invited Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest in the textile sector in Uzbekistan. During a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, the visiting Uzbek Minister for Foreign Economic ...
Tags: Textile, woven garments, garments
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 ...
Sri Lanka-based auto parts manufacturer Micro Car has opened a new motor car assembling plant in Polgahawela export processing zone. The new facility, which represents the company's first and only car assembling plant in the region, was ...
Tags: Micro Car, motor car, auto parts
Russia's Gazprom has begun natural gas output from its fifth producing onshore well in Bangladesh, Semutang-6, at around 7,000 Mcf/d, Bapex Managing Director Md Abdul Baqi told Platts Friday. The well, which started production last week, ...
Tags: Gazprom, natural gas
World cotton trade is forecast at 39.6 million bales for 2013/14, 15 percent below the previous season. Over the last 2 years, imports by China have driven the trade as China imported more than 20 million bales in both the 2011 and 2012 ...
Tags: cotton, import demand
India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) has revised the outlook on the cotton sector to negative to stable for FY15 from negative. The agency has also revised the rating Outlook on cotton companies to Stable for FY15 from Negative. This is ...
Tags: Cotton Sector, Ind-Ra
H&M publishes its twelfth Conscious Actions Sustainability Report. Some of the highlights during 2013 are the launch of H&M´s roadmap for fair living wages, the first closed loop collection made with recycled material from collected ...
Tags: H&M, recycled material, collected garments
The government of Bangladesh has entered into a financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA), a unit of World Bank, to establish a food storage facility. As part of the Modern Food Storage Facilities project, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Economy
The Pakistani Government’s inability to fulfill the commitment of releasing Pk Rs. 188 billion for the implementation of the Textiles Policy 2009-2014, has rendered the policy ineffective, said Textiles Secretary Rukhsana Shah during ...
Tags: Textile Policy, textile industry
Major Western Australian dairy processor and fruit juice manufacturer Harvey Fresh has been sold to Italian dairy group Parmalat for about $117 million. Parmalat's Australian subsidiary is one of Australia's major manufacturers of dairy ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, dairy products, milk, yoghurt