The Government has many plans and programmes for rescaling and upscaling of skills and now we need a pilot project to scale up the skills of women workers and entrepreneurs, said BGMEA President Dr. Rubana Huq.

With the Government’s bailout package which mandated opening of workers’ MFS account to avail the same coming to an end, digital disbursement of garment workers’ wages falls significantly. An MFS provider in Bangladesh bKash claims 40

HR professionals in garment factories have had to don many hats owing to the pandemic. Besides securing health safety of workers and keeping them motivated, skill upgradation is also important to ensure business sustainability in these test

Being the highest ranked green knitwear unit helps Plummy Fashions to leverage its position in the changed world orders, agrees the company’s MD, Md. Fazlul Hoque. He says despite the challenges, the industry has fared much better than in

Coronavirus has brought the focus back on small versus big as small and medium-level factories reportedly languish way behind their bigger counterparts in terms of work orders.

Brands and retailers are in ‘wait and watch’ mode to see how things pan out in near future, says Deputy MD of East West Industrial Park Limited, adding that retailers want to keep limited inventory, given the existing situation.

As prospects of LDC graduation become stronger and experts maintain the pandemic may not delay the transition process, Bangladesh is going all out to finalise a host of trade deals.

Experts and industry people from e-commerce and garment manufacturing sectors of Bangladesh highlight the need of logistics and infrastructure development to give a boost to business and trade.

China is at the receiving end of criticism, tariff restrictions and business pull-outs. The US has come down hard on China in continuation of the ongoing trade war that was a matter of dispute even prior to the pandemic.