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
45 garment factories may miss deadline
All garment workers might not receive their salaries and allowances by August 24, the deadline set by the ministry of labour and employment for apparel factory owners to clear their payroll for Eid-ul-Azha.
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM
BGMEA plans to form platform like Accord, Alliance
Local garment makers have proposed the formation of a factory inspection and remediation agency similar to
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Yarn price to fall as supply rises
Local merchants and spinners expect the yarn market to stabilise thanks to a price fall in the global market amid rising supplies, especially from China, and higher cotton production.
15 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Shipment of vegetables falls for floods
Vegetable exports from Bangladesh dropped significantly over the last few months as the massive flood damaged seasonal crops in many districts, exporters said.
14 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Waterlogging plagues Kalurghat industrial area
Exporters at the Kalurghat heavy industrial area in Chittagong have long been facing extreme difficulties in shipping goods on time due to seasonal waterlogging that hampers production and transportation.
13 August 2017, 18:00 PM
68 tonnes of steel products go missing
Mismanagement at Chittagong port has once again become a topic of discussion after 68 tonnes of steel products went missing, costing the berth operator a fine of Tk 22 lakh.
12 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Exporters hardly grab orders diverted from China
Bangladesh cannot grab the apparel work orders, which are being shifted from China to other countries, due to
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Exports bounce back in July
Export earnings in July soared 26.54 percent to $3.2 billion, marking a strong rebound after lacklustre performance in the fiscal year that concluded in June.
9 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Apparel exports to US drop
Garment shipment to the US, the country's single largest export destination, declined 7.47 percent year-on-year to $5.2 billion in
6 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Garment shipments to Japan decline
Apparel exports to Japan, Bangladesh's most promising export destination in Asia, dipped 3.88 percent in fiscal 2016-17, which
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Apparel exports to EU sluggish
Bangladesh's exports of apparel items to the European Union remained sluggish in fiscal 2016-17 mainly due to
26 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Rising apparel exports to China a sign of new opportunities
Riding on a duty-free trade privilege, Bangladesh's garment export to China increased 14.77 percent year-on-year to $391.59 million in fiscal 2016-17, something exporters are seeing as a sign that new opportunities are awaiting.
25 July 2017, 18:00 PM
India brings no cheer to garment exporters
Garment exports to India declined in fiscal 2016-17 thanks to 12.5 percent countervailing duty by the neighbour, which negates the benefit of duty-free access, and the emergence of its own apparel manufacturing industry.
23 July 2017, 18:00 PM
40 garment makers to take part in prestigious Paris show
Some 40 Bangladeshi garment factories will take part in the highly prestigious trade show -- Premiere Vision Paris -- for the first time in September this year.
20 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Labour law being amended under pressure from ILO, EU
The government has started the process of amending the labour law and the EPZ labour law under the pressure of
18 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Africa's rise poses threat to Bangladesh's apparel export
The upward trend of garment exports from Africa, thanks in part to Bangladeshi investors, poses a threat to
17 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Home textile exports fail to reach potential
Despite having huge potential in home textile, Bangladesh is unable to expand its market share in the European
16 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Trade future hinges on bilateral FTAs
Bangladesh's future trade benefits will largely depend on bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) as the country may lose duty-free facilities once it graduates to a middle-income nation in seven-eight years, analysts and businessmen yesterday said.
15 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Volatile euro, dollar to blame for flat exports
The volatile exchange rate of the euro and the US dollar has eaten up a substantial amount of export receipts of Bangladesh in the last fiscal year.
12 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh should go for high-end apparel
Bangladesh should focus more on value added, high-end apparel items rather than basic, traditional products to
10 July 2017, 18:00 PM