In the heart of Bangladesh, where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers converge, a story of business prowess unfolds: not just of commercial success, but of a vision that transcends the ordinary.

FBCCI chief meets US embassy's commercial counselor

Without it, our economic growth will lose momentum

The debate over wage increase has risen at a time when the majority of people in the country are suffering due to skyrocketing commodity prices

Labour unions and rights activists met Eamon Gilmore, the European Union’s special representative for human rights, in the capital today and raised their demand for a minimum wage of Tk 23,000 for the ready-made garment sector.

If fast fashion must dominate the “national interest,” then at the very least we must compel the state apparatuses to play a truly mediating role on behalf of “the nation.

What happens when you have done all that you can, but your emissions continue to go in the wrong direction?

Md Shahed alias Sayeed was arrested in September 2021 after police found his involvement in the theft of readymade garment products from goods-laden lorries on their way to the Chattogram port for shipment.

Readymade garment manufacturer A Plus Sweater Ltd had sent an RMG consignment to Chattogram Port from its Gazipur factory on eight covered vans on October 29 last year for shipment to Brazil.

In theory, this sounds like a good idea, but it is not so straightforward.

Clean Clothes Campaign, the world’s largest alliance of garment industry labour unions, piled pressure on the major brands connected to the Tazreen factory fire to sign the International Accord, which protects workers in Bangladesh.

For 10 long years, the state has failed the victims of Tazreen and their families.

Apparel exporters are faced with the dilemma of a shrinking demand overseas and a sharp rise in the cost of production.

As garment makers, we cannot afford to absorb all cost increases along the supply chain.

By limiting ourselves to these two markets, we are missing out on a whole world of opportunities.

Despite a lot of emphasis by policy-makers on cutting dependence on a single product for exports over the years, the share of readymade garments has increased gradually, putting external sales, jobs, and the economy as a whole at risk. 

Recessions don’t happen overnight, and people don’t stop spending from one day to the next.

As the global economy is threatened by recession, RMG makers will have to come up with strategies to deal.

In recent months, global energy prices have soared, and ready-made garment (RMG) makers in Bangladesh have been feeling its impacts these past few weeks.

It seems that just as we recover from one crisis – the global pandemic – another one begins.