The promising growth in export earnings seen at three Asian markets during the previous fiscal year has come to a halt following the coronavirus outbreak. Exports to China, India and Japan, three economic giants, were growing steadily over the last five years. During fiscal 2019-20 as well,...
With a slump in demand for commodities among the Western consumers, Bangladesh needs to remodel its business plans to revive exports in the time of Covid-19, which has severely affected the global economy, economists said. Maybe the traditional fast fashion garment items or basic apparel products are...
Root Group of Companies has launched a Swiss technology-based health protective gear ‘Corona Killer’ fabrics in Bangladesh. The unveiling of the new technology for the textile sector was announced at a Zoom online event, said a press release on Saturday. At the event, speakers said in the...
Bangladesh expects a bigger inflow of foreign direct investment in the days to come as different nations plan to relocate their factories to countries like Bangladesh to bring down cost amid a cash crunch caused by the pandemic, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday. In 2019, the...
Some
125 publicly-traded companies in the manufacturing and service sectors have
expressed fears of heavy losses due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Among
them, 116 companies are in the manufacturing sector, such as RMG, cement,
ceramics, engineering, and tannery sector. The other nine are in the real
estate and service sector. These companies are...
COVID-19 continues to spread on a global scale, and it’s now clear the virus’ symptoms reach beyond its unpredictable illness. The pandemic is both accelerating and exacerbating economic problems that already existed before the outbreak. For example, the US and China’s ongoing tit-for-tat trade war had already weakened...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Wednesday said the garment industry will get loan on two percent interest as the government declared Tk 5,000 crore stimulus package for the export-oriented industries. “It isn’t a grant. The loan will have to be repaid within a certain period,” the minister...
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Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday underscored the need for sustainability plans for a good and prosperous apparel industry, UNB says. “In the 35-year journey of our industry, Bangladesh has become the second largest RMG exporting country in the world. The...