দেশের তৈরি পোশাক শিল্প চার দশক পার করলেও বৈশ্বিক প্রেক্ষাপটে এখনো শিশু বলে মনে করেন এ শিল্পের মালিক-প্রতিনিধিরা। দুর্বল এ শিল্পের জন্য রফতানিতে কমপক্ষে ৩ শতাংশ নগদ প্রণোদনা ঘোষণার দাবি জানিয়েছেন তারা। গতকাল রাজধানীর গুলশানে এক হোটেলে বাজেট-পরবর্তী প্রতিক্রিয়া জানাতে আয়োজিত সংবাদ সম্মেলনে তৈরি...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently set up a committee to revive the country’s cotton, textile and garment industry following the earlier restriction of official foreign exchange supply to textile importers to boost domestic production. Bank governor Godwin Emefiele said the target is to revive and...
Bangladesh Garments Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGAPMEA) recently demanded reduction of corporate tax to 10-12 per cent from the proposed 35 per cent to ensure the sector’s growth as the National Export Policy had instructed to ensure same facilities for both direct and deemed...
Though Nigerian garment markets are saturated with Asian items, domestic manufacturers—now trained, informed and having embraced value chain production systems—only need encouragement and funds as mass production needs capital and many are still at the workshop level struggling to meet delivery, said a top Nigerian Export Promotion...
Vietnam’s garment and textile exports exceeded $36 billion last year and is expected to top $40 billion this year, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), whose chairman Vu Duc Giang recently said 7,000 enterprises in the sector provide jobs to 3 million. The growth...
The government is formulating a national tariff policy to protect domestic industries, attract new investment, and make the government's policy support long lasting and business-friendly, sources familiar with the development have said. The commerce ministry had recently directed the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission...
The government has so far announced a set of stimulus packages worth around $11.90 billion (Taka 1.011 trillion to offset the COVID-19 shock on various sectors of the country and minimise the sufferings of the people hit hard by the nationwide shutdown enforced to fend off the...
I firmly believe that waiting for things to improve is not the best way forward, of course making change happen is a revolution, so what can be best done is to use this time to prepare for a future beyond the pandemic, like some smart companies have done.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday signed participation agreements with five banks and two non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to strengthen economic sustainability of the readymade garment (RMG) sector. Under the agreements, the central bank has enlisted the banks and FIs as the Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) under the...
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...