garments sector
BGMEA again seeks extension of EU GSP
The garment makers' platform sits with EU ambassador today
26 June 2023
High Court stays Accord 2018 agreement implementation
The High Court stays the implementation of the Accord 2018 agreement as its tenure was extended without the approval of the government.
15 October 2017
Tofail for keeping source tax on export at 0.6%
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed warns of new challenges for the country’s garments sector, suggested the government not to increase tax at source on export at this moment.
28 June 2016
Significant progress in RMG safety
The Transparency International's Bangladesh chapter (TIB) has termed the work done over the last three years by the readymade garments (RMG) sector on improving safety standards as “revolutionary”.
22 April 2016
Not-So-Sweet-16 “scenarios”
A forty-six page report is supposed to be impressive. An educated guess would indicate that there are at least twenty thousand words in there...
19 January 2016
GSP: Bangladesh’s reforms and unfinished tasks
Bangladesh made unprecedented progress in labour and safety standards over the last two years, which had raised hopes for the country of regaining trade benefits from the United States.
11 August 2015