After creating a database of information on 4,808 readymade garment (RMG) factories, Bangladesh is now working on a database containing details of 27,000 such units, finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal announced in his 2019-20 budget speech. To boost female employment, 4,706 day-care centres have been set up...
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...
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...
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...
Ten more garment factories received the top billing from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to take the total to 24, the highest in the world, in a heartening development for Bangladesh’s apparel sector, whose image has been battered by incidents of industrial accidents. Of the 24 platinum-rated LEED (Leadership...