Increase in prices of raw materials has made life difficult for Bangladesh garment makers, who are battling it out on different fronts already due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and now they have this burning issue to deal with but the big quest

Stakeholders join hands to help the industry face the Coronavirus challenges through technology upgradation, efficiency and productivity increase. One such initiative is NIPOSH.

ASEAN has become a vital market for Bangladesh due to its immense size and more so keeping in mind Bangladesh’s upcoming LDC graduation, which would shorn the country of the current trade privileges that it enjoys.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP, many feel, will not just impact Bangladesh’s exports adversely but also its ability to attract foreign direct investments.

Freight charges have risen sharply of late, emerging as a major challenge for the struggling apparel exporters, who are forced to deal with multiple fallouts of the Coronavirus pandemic already. And now with the ECRS, things are going to tu

Even countries like Vietnam have made the transition to manufacturing high-end apparel items despite being new in the apparel manufacturing business compared to Bangladesh (Bangladesh has a glorious history of more than 40 years in the real

Bangladesh’s export earnings in November posted a negligible 0.76 per cent year-on-year growth, but the readymade garment, which fetches more than 84 per cent of total export receipts, posted a decline even as second wave of Covid-19 rage

Bangladesh’s apparel makers are reportedly not very happy with India’s new ‘rules of origin’ norms as well as Indonesia’s move to impose safeguard duty on apparel imports as they feel such moves could impact exports from Banglades

The much-awaited Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Bhutan was signed on 6 December, 2020. Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and Bhutanese Economic Affairs Minister Lyonpo Loknath Sharma signed the PTA in the v