Textile & Garments

Bangladesh now has the highest number of green garment factories in the globe with the Leadership in Environmental and Energy in Design (LEED) certification given by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Even a few months ago, the number of green buildings was 144, but this month the tally …

We cannot help but take pride and feel happy when Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres terms Bangladesh a “development miracle” and showers heaps of praise on our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for achieving this miracle. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is truly “the jewel in the crown” in Bangladesh’s …

BTMA requests millers The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) has asked its members to keep yarn prices unchanged till November 30. Mohammad Ali Khokon, president of BTMA, urged its members in a letter issued on Wednesday to follow the existing price index (PI) conditions. Due to the rise in cotton …

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan has requested the Ministry of Labour and Employment to consider ways of how the central fund could be effectively used to ensure more welfare of garment workers. Leaders of BGMEA led by President Faruque Hassan met Ehsan-E-Elahi, secretary, the Ministry …

Spinners yesterday asked garment exporters negotiating prices of apparel items with buyers to be aware of the price of cotton that has started to rise again in global markets.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is expecting to obtain GSP Plus facilities in the European Union (EU) market after the country’s graduation from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan has invited foreign investors, including the Bangladeshi business community living in the US, to choose Bangladesh as their preferred and ideal investment destination.

Apparel exporters are apprehending significant losses in business for missing freight transport deadlines as the number of scanners and flights at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka is currently insufficient to meet demand.

Textile mills need the pressure of 10 pounds per square inch (PSI) or more for uninterrupted operations. But currently, sometimes the pressure level goes as low as 1.5 PSI

Around 84 per cent of garment workers are concerned about the current situation of Covid-19 in Bangladesh, according to a survey by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) released yesterday.