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
Beximco, Meghna tie up with Chinese investors for power
Local business giants Beximco and Meghna signed agreements with Chinese companies to produce a total of 3,500 megawatts of
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Deals with China a turning point for Bangladesh
Proper implementation of the agreements signed between Bangladesh and China will open a new horizon in the
16 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Apparel factories grind to a halt for gas crisis
Production at hundreds of textile and garment factories in Konabari and Gazipur industrial areas has been hampered for the last one
11 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Exports slide in Sep
Export earnings in the month of September slid 5.63 percent year-on-year to $2.24 billion, due to a slowdown in garment exports,
10 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Exporters fear price cuts as pound falls
Bangladeshi exporters to the UK are starring at another round of price cuts due to the freefall of pound sterling against the US dollar
8 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh, Myanmar to settle issues on coastal shipping line
The eighth joint trade commission meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar will take place in Dhaka in November, in a bid to launch a coastal shipping line between the two neighbours and discuss other business issues.
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM
ILO to improve 127 garment factories
The International Labour Organisation has set a target to bring an additional 127 garment factories under its Better Work (BW) programme by next June, to ensure greater social compliance and workers' rights.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Inspection for non-garment factories in the works
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments is in talks with different agencies to launch inspections into non-garment factories to ensure workplace safety.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Garment exports to India on the rise
Garment exports to India rose 30.86 percent year-on-year to $136.43 million in fiscal 2015-16 thanks to rising demand from Western
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Labour leader, rights group demand fair compensation to Tampaco fire victims
The victims of Tampaco Foils fire should be compensated the same way as the victims of Rana Plaza building collapse and Tazreen
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Govt plans to inspect non-apparel factories
The government will begin inspecting non-garment factories to ensure compliance and strengthen workplace safety for workers.
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Tanners miss deadline to set prices of rawhides
Tanners are yet to set the prices of rawhides of cattle to be slaughtered during Eid-ul-Azha as traders in the leather and rawhide business failed to reach a consensus on rates.
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Fate of garment industrial park uncertain
Uncertainty lurks around the construction of the proposed garment industrial park at Bausia in Munshiganj as the
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Garment exports to US on the rise
With increased shipments of garment, overall exports to the US rose 1.12 percent to $3.6 billion in the first seven
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM
US taking fresh GSP petitions
The US government is accepting applications from countries for trade benefits to the American market, in what is a
30 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Denim by Square flourishes as purchase orders pour in
The denim unit of Square Group that began full-fledged operations in July last year in Habiganj is thriving on market
25 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Guideline for workers' welfare fund on cards
The government is preparing a guideline on disbursing the money deposited in the recently formed workers' welfare fund.
23 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Cost of exports to Germany soars after cargo ban
The cost of shipments to Germany, Bangladesh's second largest export destination, has increased at least 5 cents
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Mango exports fall on safety concerns
Mango shipment dropped significantly only a year into the start of export as the fruits fail quarantine tests of
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Floods cut vegetable exports by half
Exports of perishable goods dropped about 50 percent as floods damaged crops in most of the vegetable growing districts, exporters said yesterday.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM