Textile & Garments

Thirty-six textile mills in Narsingdi did not install over 83 per cent of power looms imported under duty benefit at their factories over the last five years, National Board of Revenue officials said.

Bangladesh is the world’s second-largest apparel producer after China, but its industry leaders say international retailers are either refraining from placing orders, delaying buying decisions or demanding steep price cuts

Sammilita Parishad, a panel of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) registered members, started taking preparation for the trade body’s next election with formally announcing its panel leader, sources said.

Nearly one-third of garment workers suffered loss of earnings since the lockdown in late March this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.

Bangladesh garment factory owner Shahidullah Azim laid off 20 per cent of his workers in the wake of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Now watching the second wave build in Europe and the United States, Azim is staring at “an unprecedented crisis”.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has warned its member factories of possible deterioration of the coronavirus outbreak situation in the upcoming winter season, sources said.

Indonesia has initiated a safeguard investigation regarding its import of apparel products that may negatively affect Bangladesh’s export of the products to the Southeast Asian country.

At least 70,000 people are estimated to have been laid off after $3.5 billion-worth of clothing orders were cancelled or suspended

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), Serai Limited and Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today joined hands together to discuss Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry, global apparel demand landscape and technological penetration under the current context.

Most female workers in Bangladesh’s readymade garment sector are concentrated in low paid jobs and the participation of women in managerial positions has not improved in the sector, said a recent report of the International Labour Organisation.