Apparel

Moushumi Akter works inside the Fakir Fashion Limited, Narayanganj, Bangladesh in October 2021.

WASH investment reduces absenteeism by 15pc in RMG factories: Study

Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) companies investing in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for their employees saw employee absenteeism falling by 15 per cent, punctuality improving in by 5 per ...

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European Parliament delegation reaches Dhaka to discuss trade

A six-member delegation of the European Parliament reached Dhaka on Monday morning on a three-day visit to get first-hand information on the country’s trade with Europe, its progress in adapting to ...

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Bangladesh wants fair prices for its products in European market

Bangladesh has reiterated the need for ensuring fair prices for its products in the European market, especially in view of the investment being made in “safer and greener” factories

BGMEA president Faruque Hassan held a metting with Renu Mohindra, managing director of ‘Apparel Resources’, in Dhaka and Nitish Varshney, assistant editor (technical) of Apparel Online

Increased business can open up trade opportunities for Bangladesh, India: BGMEA

It is important to provide more avenues and platforms to bring manufacturers and exporters of both countries closer so that they can reap mutual trade benefits

Rana Plaza tragedy: 57pc of injured workers’ health deteriorates

Rana Plaza tragedy: 57pc of injured workers’ health deteriorates

The health of 56.5 per cent of workers sustained injuries in the Rana Plaza building collapse has deteriorated and that was 14 per cent last year, says a study

An engineer surveys an under construction building at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar

50 years of independence Industries see growth from 313 factories to 46,000

The industrial sector of the country started with only 313 factories in the war-torn Bangladesh. According to the official figures at the time, the country’s industrial sector incurred losses of Tk ...

Textiles, apparel exports to US increase by 30.68pc: OTEXA

Textiles, apparel exports to US increase by 30.68pc: OTEXA

The US import from Bangladesh during the mentioned period has increased by 30.68 per cent as compared to the same period of 2020

Founder and managing director of digital platform ‘Fabric Lagbe’ Md Nazmul Isalm addresses a media briefing at the launching of the platform the auditorium of Economic Reporters’ Forum, Dhaka, on 11 January 2022

Digital platform ‘Fabric Lagbe’ launched

The producers can display their products by listing at ‘Fabric Lagbe’ mobile apps or web portal and can arrange live bids for selling products

BGMEA sees future in value-added, high-end apparel items

BGMEA sees future in value-added, high-end apparel items

Apparel exporters in Bangladesh need to shift their focus more towards value-added, high-end apparel items like technical apparel as their demand is high in the global market, BGMEA president Faruque ...

BGMEA seeks int'l media's support to promote Bangladesh's RMG industry

BGMEA seeks int'l media's support to promote Bangladesh's RMG industry

BGMEA sought cooperation and support from international media to tell the world about the achievements and positive stories of Bangladesh's apparel industry.

In this picture taken on 25 June 2021, transgender people work at Uttoron Fashion And Shopno Tailors garment factory owned by Apon Akhter, a transgender in Dhaka.

Bangladesh's transgender entrepreneurs create safe work spaces

The conservative Muslim-majority country's roughly 1.5 million transgender people have long faced discrimination and violence.

Job opportunities in RMG sector to shrink for growing automation: Speakers

Growing automation to cut RMG jobs: Speakers

Speakers at a virtual dialogue on Tuesday said though there is huge potential to boost the country’s apparel export in future, the employment generation would be shrunk in the readymade garment (RMG) ...

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Stuck workers in lockdown won’t lose jobs: BGMEA

BGMEA said that no action would be taken against those RMG workers, who are stuck in their respective places during the countrywide lockdown, for not joining their respective factories

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RMG sector Many garment factories yet to pay workers' wages

The holy festival of Eid-ul-Azha is fast approaching. However, more than five and a half hundred export-oriented garment and textile factories have still not paid the June wages of their workers

Export revenue increases in FY2020-21 even during pandemic

Export revenue increases in FY2020-21 even during pandemic

The country’s export earnings grew by 15 per cent in 2020-21 fiscal even during the coronavirus pandemic

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