Garment shipment to the USA, the single largest export destination of Bangladesh, almost doubled in the last five years thanks to the tariff war between America and China and the presence of competitive prices of the locally made apparels.

Overall apparel shipment rose 3.67% to $47.39 billion in 2023

Garment export to EU falls 1.24% year-on-year to $11.36 billion in Jul-Dec period

Over 1,000 machinery makers of 32 countries are expected to join the 18th Dhaka International Textile and Garments Machinery Exhibition

The four-day exhibition began on Jan 9 in Germany

While Bangladesh retained top position in garment export to UK, prices still remain one of the lowest

Garment workers today demonstrated in front of their factories and the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) office gate expressing dissatisfaction over the new wage board

Rising emphasis on recycling and sustainability from global brands is driving the cotton waste export from Bangladesh

Bangladesh recorded nearly $47 billion in export orders, a milestone achievement according to data from EPB

Hundreds of RMG workers took to the streets yesterday, protesting the announcement of Crony Tex Sweater Ltd to lay-off workers of the sweater division due to a decline in work orders from foreign buyers.

SM Sourcing, located in Gazipur, has scored 106 out of 110, the highest in the globe, receiving the certification on Tuesday

The recently declared wage board for garment workers is inconsistent with the present market scenario, workers’ leaders said at a seminar yesterday.

The garments industry of Bangladesh still suffers from a huge wage gap between male and female workers, with the latter holding just 5 percent of all supervisory positions in the sector, according to experts.

Garment export to the US fell 24.75 percent year-on-year to $6.35 billion in January-October this year

ZXY International has decided to remove the clause in its LC stating it would not accept any garments from Bangladesh if faces sanction

No LC transactions to be processed if under sanctions from US and others, says a US retailer

The commerce ministry yesterday informed of having postponed its upcoming meeting on the latest labour rights reforms with five diplomats “for the Christmas holiday”.

Bangladesh’s textile sector needs adequate funds, technology and policy support to ensure a circular economy, which will be a major requirement to export products to western countries in upcoming years, experts said yesterday.

The government is going to hold a dialogue today on the latest labour rights situation as both the US and the European Union (EU), two major export destinations, are putting pressure for implementing commitments made in a National Action Plan (NAP).

Nearly 1,000 workers of Dird Composite Textiles Ltd staged a sit-in in front of the Department for Inspection of Factories and Establishments (Dife) and the Department of Labour (DoL) yesterday, demanding arrears amounting to nearly Tk 70 crore.