Apparel

Bangladesh raked in $3.81 billion in exports in May, the highest single month receipts in history, riding on the higher shipment of apparels, official data showed yesterday. The earnings clocked 14.78 percent year-on-year growth in May and also beat the monthly target by 9.23 percent. The previous...

যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের মতো বড় বাজারে তৈরি পোশাক রপ্তানিতে বেশ ভালোভাবেই ঘুরে দাঁড়িয়েছে বাংলাদেশ। গত বছর এ বাজারটিতে পোশাক রপ্তানিতে ৬ দশমিক ৬৫ শতাংশ প্রবৃদ্ধি হলেও চলতি বছরের প্রথম চার মাসে (জানুয়ারি-এপ্রিল) সেটি বেড়ে ১৩ দশমিক ৯১ শতাংশে দাঁড়িয়েছে। এ চার মাসে রপ্তানি হয়েছে ৪২৩ কোটি ডলারের পোশাক।

Some Chinese garment makers want to set up factories under joint venture in Bangladesh as they see the country as a competitive destination to relocate plants amid raging US-China trade war and the rising cost in the world’s second largest economy. Chinese textile and garment industry owners...

The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) in Bangladesh will seek $100 million in loans from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and hopes to secure a further $66 million through borrower co-financing. This is part of the $166 million in funds that the country is looking at securing...

All BGMEA member factories have given Eid bonuses to their workers, while about 90 percent have paid the salary for the month of May as well. Some 150 factories will disburse the salaries today, which is the last working day before the garment factories...

Turkey is the world's fourth-largest denim exporter with a 2 per cent share in the denim fabric exports, worth $338 million, and a 7 per cent share in denim clothing exports worth $2.1 billion, according to the Uludag Textile Exporters' Association (UTIB), which recently participated in the...

Several Pakistani value-added textile firms recently rejected the government decision to discontinue zero-rated status of five export-oriented sectors, cautioning that the move will lead to flight of capital and high unemployment and affect the manufacturers. It will also lead to corruption through flying invoices, over-invoicing and refund...

বরাবরের মতো এবারও নির্দিষ্ট সময়সীমার মধ্যে শ্রমিকের ঈদ বোনাস দিলেন না প্রায় অর্ধেক পোশাকশিল্পের মালিক। অথচ তাঁদের সংগঠন বিজিএমইএ ও বিকেএমইএর নেতারা গতকাল ৩০ মের মধ্যে বোনাস পরিশোধের আশ্বাস দিয়েছিলেন। কয়েকজন শ্রমিকনেতা বলছেন, বড় পোশাক কারখানাগুলো গতকাল পর্যন্ত শ্রমিকের ঈদ বোনাস দিয়েছে। ছোট ও...

Leaders of the textiles and apparel sector trade bodies in Bangladesh recently sought 5 per cent cash incentive for export of apparel products to both traditional and non-traditional markets for the next five years to sustain production and maintain the industry’s edge in the global arena. They...

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) recently sent letters to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed and its main garment trade association expressing concern over criminal charges against labour leaders, mass firing of workers and the future of worker safety. The letter urged Dhaka to withdraw...