Trade Data

With LDC graduation round the corner, Bangladesh is yet to strike trade deals with those who matter even if debate rages amongst experts whether the focus should be on FTAs, PTAs or RTAs. However, of late, the country is apparently shifting

Titled the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act, the New York bill aims to make apparel retailers and makers disclose detailed information on environmental and social practices, including workers' wage and carbon emissions,

Unhealthy competition and undercutting raises its ugly head again as fresh work orders pour into Bangladesh. Taking notice of the existing scenario, the garment makers’ bodies of BGMEA and BKMEA come up with a joint committee to fix base

The much-awaited US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue in the backdrop, not to mention the recent visit of four-member EU delegation to take stock of things, the issue of reinstatement of GSP facility in USA and continuation of trade facility

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to escalate, garment makers in Bangladesh and India, who are yet to come out of the pandemic-induced fallouts completely, are apprehensive of negative business implications. Apparel Resources digs de

The much talked about Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) initiative, which experts for long underlined is the cornerstone to regional business growth, seems to have got a shot in the arm after the World Bank decided to make availabl

Bangladesh garment makers are ramping up their capacities and across product categories as global brands and retailers come calling with fresh work orders. Apparel Resources (AR) speaks to some of these players to get to the depth of things

Bangladesh Government has fixed export target of US$ 12 billion by 2030 for Bangladesh leather export even as a private player is coming up with a shoe park in Gazipur that has drawn interest of the foreign players already who are keen to i