Refayet Ullah Mirdha

Local garment exporters are keen on using the sea port in Colombo as it would save them time and money.

The Accord, the inspection agency of more than 200 retailers and brands, has started handing over the remediated factories to the Remediation Coordination Cell (RCC) as they have fully fixed structural, fire and electrical loopholes.

The schedule for the election of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is set to be announced next month as the tenure of the current board will end on April 22. “We will declare the schedule on time,” said Siddiqur Rahman, president of the association.

Production at more than 60 garment factories remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day yesterday as owners kept those shuttered fearing unrest amid protests of workers, who apprehend discrimination in the new wage structure.

The ongoing trade war between China and the US will bring more work orders and more foreign direct investment for the garment

The fall in yarn prices by at least 12 percent in the last two months has made Bangladesh's 430 local millers uneasy, industry insiders said.

The call for suspending the operations of the Accord, an inspection and remediation platform of more than 200 global clothing retailers and brands, has been getting louder as garment factory owners are being forced to spend several billion dollars to improve workplace safety.

Lotto, the Italian sportswear brand, plans to double its stores in Bangladesh to 300 within the next two years, spurred by sizeable youth population and rising disposable income.

The devastating terrorist attack in Dhaka in July 2016 that killed seven Japanese citizens could not dampen the Far East nation's

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday termed faulty a list of 532 garment factories

A group of young students have come up with innovative ideas that suggest they would go on to become dynamic leaders in the business world.

Maintaining a shorter lead time holds the key for Bangladesh's garment exporters as Western customers increasingly become

Export earnings climbed 30.53 percent year-on-year to $3.71 billion in October compared to the same month a year ago on the back

Bangladesh could not use the cheap cotton from Uzbekistan over the last 10 years or so because of a restriction imposed by major

Garment exports to the US rose by 5.83 percent year-on-year to $4.17 billion in the nine months to September thanks to the

The commerce ministry yesterday agreed to withdraw the 40 percent duty on sugar imports from India, much to the ire of the local refiners.

The government is approaching the preparations to negate the erosion of trade privileges following graduation to a developing country at a leisurely pace, with no free trade agreement yet to be signed with any of the important trading partners.

Businesses incurred massive losses following the two-day countrywide transport strike that almost stalled the mobility of workers and goods.

A drought of fresh investment in opening small enterprises is sweeping across the garment sector, an outcome of stringent conditions set by retailers and brands for subcontracting parts of apparel production mainly to avert industrial accidents.

The government will not extend the tenure of the Accord beyond November 30, ending the hopes of the European agency for factory inspection and remediation to stay on in Bangladesh for three more years.