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
Garment accessories traders dread VAT law
Businessmen in the export-oriented garment accessories sector are fearing a rise in production costs due to implementation of the
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Fortune favours the brave
Kutubuddin Ahmed always had the burning desire to become a businessman, even though he studied mechanical engineering at
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
EU brands cheerful about local denim
European retailers and brands are upbeat on Bangladeshi value added denim garments due to the high quality of the apparel at competitive prices.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Ticfa talks today in Dhaka
The third round of bilateral talks under the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement between Bangladesh and the US is
16 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Accord to give half of remediation costs
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh has launched a remediation fund to provide financial assistance to garment factory owners to help them improve safety standards.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Kunming Steel in talks with BSRM to invest $2.2b
Chinese company Kunming Steel is in talks with BSRM to invest $2.2 billion to form a joint venture and serve the fast
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Extend Accord's tenure with conditions: BGMEA
The garment makers want extension of the Accord's tenure by three years to see through the factory remediation works that the
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
GSP demand to dominate Ticfa talks on May 17
Bangladesh will once again call for the restoration of trade privileges to the American market when the two countries meet for the third round of Ticfa meetings on May 17 in Dhaka.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Watch out for Myanmar
Recovering from embargo, Myanmar has begun its comeback to the textile and apparel business as the country with
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
EU investors want single law inside, outside EPZs: envoy
The European Union (EU) has long been suggesting that Bangladesh introduce a single labour law for factories inside and outside the export processing zones.
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Fair price elusive while pressure on to improve safety
A fair price for garment items is still a far cry for Bangladeshi manufacturers though they are in tremendous pressure from global buyers to improve conditions at workplace, notably after the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013.
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Rising from Rana Plaza debris
The country's garment sector has been going through some major reforms since the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013 with rights activists stressing the need for strengthening further the workplace safety and labour rights.
23 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Exports of non-apparel products on the decline
Export receipts from some non-apparel sectors dropped in July-March mainly because of a gas shortage in the country, volatile
20 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Tannery workers await job assurance at Savar units
Many tannery workers are still not getting the assurance of job security or service benefits as the units shift from
18 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Garment makers line up to hit $500m in exports
Only one Bangladeshi garment manufacturer could hit $500 million in exports in a year -- a puzzling statistic for a
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Tannery workers left in the dark
A majority of tannery workers are not getting the assurance of job security or service benefits as the units shift from Hazaribagh to Savar.
12 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Hazaribagh Tanneries: Workers face uncertainty
About 45,000 workers of Hazaribagh tanneries are now worried about how they would survive with no jobs as production at the factories stopped on Saturday.
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Garment shipments to Canada slide in Jul-Dec
Garment shipments to Canada, one of the major export destinations for Bangladeshi manufacturers, dropped 7
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM
All 7 units of Ananta Apparels to merge
Ananta Apparels, one of the leading garment exporters from Bangladesh, is set to merge its seven units into one with a view to
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Promises aplenty but trade gap still wide
Bangladesh could not gain from the zero duty benefit offered by India six years ago as the neighbouring country also imposed a host
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM