Refayet Ullah Mirdha

Bangladeshi garment makers received one of the lowest prices in the world last year due to a lack of value-added apparel items, lack of negotiation skills, and image crisis. Among the garment trading nations in the world, Bangladeshi garment items were paid $2.79 per unit or per square metre equivalent

The government has allocated almost one-fourth of the development budget for fiscal 2019-20 to 14 mega projects with a view to

Apparel exports to the US, Bangladesh’s single largest export destination, jumped 15.57 percent to $1.63 billion in the first three months of the year, which the exporters and experts attributed to the ongoing trade war between the US and China. Ready made garments was not in the list of the items

African nations have surpassed India to become the largest source of cotton for Bangladesh as local spinners and millers look to cut down their dependence on a single source for their vital raw material.

Global consumption of denim fabric increased at a compound annual growth rate of 4.77 percent between 2012 and 2016 because of

Exports grew 2.69 percent year-on-year to $3.03 billion in April riding mainly on the higher shipment of apparel items, official data showed yesterday. Last month’s receipts, however, fell short of the government’s monthly target of $3.08 billion by 1.52 percent.

Garment exports to the US increased 10.10 percent year-on-year to $1.08 billion in the first two months of the year, with the shipments expected to grow exponentially if 25 percent duty on Chinese imports comes into effect.

Bangladesh has made impressive strides in making workplace safe in the garment sector in recent years as factory owners strengthened safety as per proposals of international brands and retailers, said union leaders, analysts, the ILO, and entrepreneurs.

Bangladesh needs to set a base price for garment items to ensure proper rates from international retailers and brands for all

The Bangladesh Garment Manufac-turers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought more time from courts to relocate its

Newly elected BGMEA President Rubana Huq's top priority is to brighten the apparel sector's image.

Sales of apparel items in emerging Asia-Pacific countries will continue to grow slightly in 2019 while it will decline in other major regions, including Europe, Middle East and Africa and Latin America.

The Accord, which has been locked in a tug of war with the government over its right to continue its activities in Bangladesh, has to

Exports continued its good run in March, fetching 9.51 percent more than a year earlier and getting into a comfortable position to hit this fiscal year's target of $39 billion.

German sportswear giant Puma has set foot in Bangladesh, with its first store to open next week -- as the country's sizeable and

Fears of cotton prices soaring as a result of the US-China tariff war are unlikely to materialise, in a welcoming development for

Another devastating fire at the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market early yesterday thrashed the efforts of 248 shop owners who were already struggling to revive their businesses from a similar disaster just two years ago.

Raw Tech, a Bangladesh-Hong Kong joint venture, is set to invest Tk 50 crore to produce fibres from wasted plastic bottles with a view to grabbing a share of the market for polyester staple fibres currently dominated by Chinese firms.

A coalition of 190 global investors has urged the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to negotiate with the government for the extension of the Accord in the country.

Building of two temporary sheds to store chemicals from Old Dhaka is facing delays as approval from the planning commission and opinions of experts are required, a top official of industries ministry has said.