Airport fire aftermath: RMG, pharma fear snag in production
Many import consignments of the garment and pharmaceutical sectors are stuck at Dubai and Singapore airports because of the space crisis in Dhaka’s cargo village and the lack of cold room facilities for pharmaceutical raw materials after the fire incident.
21 October 2025, 18:08 PM
Airport fire may delay RMG, pharma production by at least two months
Manufacturers estimate losses could far exceed the value of destroyed raw materials
20 October 2025, 18:36 PM
Airport fire sends shockwave across supply chains
Raw materials for peak-season garment shipments, medicine ingredients, and telecom equipment gutted
19 October 2025, 18:06 PM
Closure of Pacific Jeans factories may hurt overall denim exports
The export of denim products from Bangladesh is expected to face significant disruption as the country’s largest denim manufacturer, Pacific Jeans Group, has indefinitely shut down all eight of its factories in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) following days of violent worker protests.
18 October 2025, 18:41 PM
Toothpaste, detergents or food: Japanese firms bet bigger on Bangladesh
Investment from the island nation grows even as others wait amid uncertainty
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh cashes in on US soybean glut as China turns away
Local soybean importers say they are taking advantage of the US soybean glut
9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Garment exports find a workaround after India ends transhipment
Dhaka and Sylhet airports improve export services, also offer lower handling costs
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Exports fall for second month
September shipment down 4.6% YoY to $3.62b as Trump tariffs weighed on US orders
5 October 2025, 18:00 PM
GDP growth may cross record 8pc
Bangladesh economy is going to cross a record 8 percent growth mark in the current fiscal year, powered by high performance in manufacturing and service sectors, the finance minister has claimed.
19 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Global sportswear market to reach $36b by 2024
The global sports merchandise retail market size will reach $36 billion by 2024 from $21 billion now, on the back of increasing use of sportswear items worldwide, according to a new report.
16 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Chemical market thrives on apparel
Riding on rising garment export, Bangladesh's textile chemicals market is forecast to grow to $1.38 billion by 2024 from $864 million
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Exports jump 10pc in Feb
Export earnings jumped 10.12 percent year-on-year to $3.39 billion in February thanks to higher shipments of garment items.
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Bustling Chawkbazar now hauntingly silent
Chawkbazar, an astonishingly buzzing place on any given day, was eerily calm yesterday.
23 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Textile stocks fail to bring cheer
More than 40 percent listed textile mills' profits declined in the second half of 2018 thanks to the slide in prices of garment items and stockpiling of yarn for invasion of cheaper alternatives from India and China.
21 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Textile millers knocked out by cheap yarns from China, India
Textile millers' stacks of unsold yarns and fabrics are getting higher due to massive leakage of imported bonded goods to the local market and invasion of cheap Chinese and Indian substitutes, said a top BTMA official yesterday.
18 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Big investors seek Accord's continuation
A group of investors representing $3.1 trillion in assets appealed to the prime minister to let Accord operate until the government is
16 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Garment makers getting new buyers
Bangladeshi textile and garment manufacturers received positive response from international retailers at the Texworld exhibition currently taking place in the French capital, in what can be viewed as further encouragement for the country's apparel exporters.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Worries over wastewater
Textile industries would be dumping a mind-boggling 20,300 crore litres of untreated wastewater into the country's waterbodies every year from 2021 if the current situation did not improve, said a Buet study.
11 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi jute goods, handicraft draw attention
Bangladeshi jute goods and handicrafts producers received considerable positive response from buyers at the world's biggest trade
9 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Textile sector needs Tk 10,000cr investment
Bangladesh needs Tk 10,000 crore additional investments in the primary textile sector to reduce its import dependence for fabrics for
9 February 2019, 18:00 PM
RMG exports soar 36pc
Garment export to non-traditional markets grew by 36.21 percent year-on-year to $2.90 billion in the current fiscal year's first six
2 February 2019, 18:00 PM
RMG Unrest: No 'innocent' to be sacked
No “innocent” garment worker would be suspended, but those who got involved in criminal activities during the weeklong labour unrest would be punished, the BGMEA president said yesterday.
17 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Experts wary of Brexit impact
The impasse on Brexit deal might negatively affect exports of Bangladeshi goods to the UK as there is a possibility of higher inflationary pressure on Britons, stemming from higher cost of living.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Readymade Garment Sector: Revised wage sees protests subside
The magnitude of unrest in Bangladesh’s garments industry comes down after yesterday’s revision of wages and threats of factory closure.
14 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh biggest textile machinery market for China
Bangladesh will continue to grow as a major textile machinery market as local textile millers are expanding business riding on higher
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Apparel shipment to Europe quicker now
Bangladesh's garment shipment to Europe has expedited with the introduction of transshipment facility from Kolkata's Netaji International Airport on a pilot basis, exporters said.
6 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Exports rise but fall short of target
Export earnings increased 2.18 percent year-on-year to $3.43 billion in December thanks to higher shipment of garment items.
3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
H&M's fair living wage strategy pays off
Proper grading of the skilled workers ensures higher take-home salaries and inspires the workforce to improve productivity in garment factories, according to a recent study of Swedish retail giant H&M.
2 January 2019, 18:00 PM