Refayet Ullah Mirdha

Senior Staff Reporter of The Daily Star.

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

Exports to India fail to pick up

Exports to India are not picking up despite a host of positive initiatives by both the countries.

2 October 2017, 18:00 PM

UK's PrimaDollar offers funds to apparel makers

Garment factories, especially the small and medium-sized units, which are facing a financial crunch have good news as foreign financing companies are coming over to invest in the sector.

30 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Textile sector crying out for investment

Bangladesh's primary textile sector, an essential cog in the garment export wheel, has been witnessing a dearth of fresh investment for the last few years due to gas crisis and scarcity of bigger industrial land.

26 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh becoming a lucrative destination for UK investors

Thanks to its burgeoning economy, Bangladesh is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for UK investors, said Rushanara Ali,

25 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Be tech-savvy to be more competitive

Digitisation of sales and marketing would be a key factor in becoming more competitive in global apparel trade as shoppers are

24 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Water: Garments’ invisible price

Bangladesh boasts as being the world's number two garment exporter. Every third European has a T-shirt made in Bangladesh on his back. Every fifth American wears jeans manufactured in Bangladesh.

21 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Spinners struggling for port congestion

Spinners are facing troubles as they cannot release cotton from Chittagong port in time due to congestion that was created from the breakdown of two of the four gantry cranes in June.

20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

RMG shine to stay

Bangladesh will remain the apparel sourcing hotspot for international retailers and brands over the next five years because of competitive prices and China's declining market share in garment business, says a global survey.

20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Global rights groups urge brands to sign up for second Accord

Two global rights groups, Industri-ALL and UNI Global Union, have asked the Western clothing brands to hasten the

16 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Midland Power signs deal with Chinese company to build power plant

Local Midland Power has awarded the Chinese power giant CRRC Corporation to construct its second power plant, the 150-megawatt

13 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Only 32pc of top clothing brands transparent: survey

Only 32 percent of the top 100 global fashion brands are somewhat transparent about their value chains, publishing

12 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Tanners offering low prices for rawhide, making excuses

Tanners are offering merchants low prices for rawhides under the excuse of having borne high investment for

11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Exports hit record high in Aug

Exports fetched $3.64 billion in August, the highest in a single month in the country's history, on the back of increased shipments of garment, frozen fish, agricultural and leather products.

10 September 2017, 18:00 PM

BGMEA seeks one more year to knock down office building

The garment makers have requested the Supreme Court to postpone the demolition of the controversial BGMEA office for a year as they are not fully prepared to flatten such a big building.

7 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Flow of hides to Savar yet to gain pace

The newly constructed Savar leather estate, where tanners relocated from their age-old Hazaribagh industrial hub in April, is

5 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Rawhide preservation, smuggling a headache this Eid

This Eid-ul-Azha, more than 30 percent of the rawhide is likely to go to waste as a large number of tanneries are not interested in purchasing the skin of the sacrificial animals due to them being non-operational still following relocation to Savar.

30 August 2017, 18:00 PM

40pc garment factories yet to pay Eid bonuses

Nearly 40 percent garment factories did not pay Eid bonuses to their workers as of yesterday although a deadline set by the labour ministry ended five days ago.

28 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Exporters now struggle with air shipments too

Exporters are facing serious challenges in making shipments from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport as many airlines have slashed their cargo transport capacity.