BGMEA calls emergency meeting on export slump
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The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will hold an emergency board meeting today to review the persistent decline in garment exports.
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Bangladesh may face 10% more tariff on US exports
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The US has proposed fresh tariffs on 60 countries, including Bangladesh, because they have failed to prove they do not import industrial raw materials from places where forced labour is used.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Smooth LDC Graduation / Clear reform progress essential, says Debapriya
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh should show clear progress in the reforms it has committed to the UN CDP to secure a short deferral of its LDC graduation, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), yesterday.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Smooth LDC Graduation / High-level committee to oversee reforms
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The government is planning to form a high-level committee to implement and monitor the action plans it has committed to the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UN CDP), as part of efforts to ensure a smooth graduation from the least developed country (LDC) group.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
US cotton plan considers Bangladesh a key market
1 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh is expected to play a significant role in a new US initiative aimed at boosting American cotton exports, as the Trump administration links potential tariff benefits for Bangladeshi apparel exports to the use of US cotton and textile inputs.
1 June 2026, 00:00 AM
EU to assess Bangladesh’s proposal for FTA
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The European Union is set to begin an internal assessment of Bangladesh’s proposal for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the bloc, nearly a year after the proposal was first placed.
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Over 95% of apparel factories pay April salaries
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
More than 95 percent of factories across garment and textile associations paid April salaries ahead of Eid-ul-Azha as of yesterday evening, according to Industrial Police (IP) data.
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
High duties on solar parts slow green transition
25 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The government should reduce import duties on solar equipment in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2026-27 to encourage wider adoption of renewable energy and help exporters meet international compliance requirements, said Vidiya Amrit Khan, vice-president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
25 May 2026, 00:00 AM
US seeks list of apparel brands that cancelled orders
The US Trade Representative (USTR), the chief trade negotiator for the Trump administration, has sought a list of retailers that cancelled work orders with Bangladeshi firms due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM
US investors urged to set up Covid-19 vaccine plants in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has urged US investors to set up Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plants in Bangladesh to ensure its availability at lower cost for people of the country.
25 August 2020, 18:49 PM
Garment factories in SME category to get cash incentive
The government has extended policy support to garment exporting factories falling under the small and medium enterprise (SME) category to improve their competitiveness during this time of the coronavirus pandemic.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Navigating New Waters: a guideline for post LDC graduation
It is a historic event for any citizen when their beloved country makes the graduation from a least-developed country (LDC) to a developing country thanks to the unanimous recognition of its economic performance by a UN body.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh still in second spot in global apparel trade
Officially, Bangladesh is still the second-largest garment exporter worldwide and it is expected that the country will be able to retain its second position globally because of the regular flow of work orders with the reopening of the stores in the western world.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Tea production to be ramped up by 2025
The government is targeting to increase tea production by about 46 per cent to 140 million kilograms by 2025 in a bid to meet the growing domestic demand for the beverage, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi.
23 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Textile sector breathing a sigh of relief with the rebound of apparel export orders
The sale of yarn and fabrics of export-oriented spinning and weaving mills is on the rise thanks to a higher inflow of work orders from international clothing retailers.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Rawhide traders down in the dumps
Seasonal traders of rawhide have been left disappointed by this year’s sales as the price for untanned leather has remained low for two consecutive years now.
17 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Cheap rawhides have nothing to do with high prices of leather goods: experts
That very low prices of rawhides will be able to keep prices of leather goods such as footwear and bags from going abnormally high in the domestic markets is not necessarily true, finds research of the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC).
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
TJMaxx yet to clear dues of Bangladeshi suppliers
News of garment work order cancellations and holdups and deferred payments became commonplace when pandemic struck.
11 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Cotton imports tipped to return to pre-pandemic levels by year-end
Cotton imports witnessed a slump for the first time in over a decade last fiscal year due to a fall in demand from local mills amid a stunning drop in apparel work orders for the global coronavirus pandemic.
9 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt has come up with a solution to the hurdle to higher leather exports
The government will allow construction of effluent treatment plants (ETPs) by individual tanneries inside the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate (STIE) in a bid to expedite the process of obtaining much-needed certification from the Leather Working Group (LWG) to boost export of leather goods.
8 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Garment export orders rolling in once again
It appears garment manufacturers are at last breathing a sigh of relief as work orders for apparel items from international retailers are coming back with the reopening of their stores in the European and American markets.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Steps taken, yet rawhide wasted
The government was hoping there would be no recurrence of the waste of rawhide last Eid-ul-Azha.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Export makes a stunning rally in July
July, it seems, will go down the annals as the month in which the Bangladesh economy lifted the pall of gloom brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bad news for rawhide trade this year too
The rawhide business at the retail level across the country faces a major blow this year as well because of the low demand despite government's efforts.
2 August 2020, 05:54 AM
Most garment workers got full bonus and salary
Almost all the garment and knitwear factories have paid their workers Eid festival bonus and salaries for July yesterday, in a refreshing departure from previous years, where the days leading up the religious festivals are almost always marred by demonstrations.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Economy in a limbo
The economy, it seems, is in a sort of limbo, neither fully on recess nor roaring ahead.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bonus disbursement not up to the mark
The owners of many companies in Bangladesh’s 42 various industrial, manufacturing and service sectors failed to provide their workers with festival bonuses for Eid-ul-Azha by yesterday, the stipulated deadline to disburse the annual allowance.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Exporters get yet another shot in the arm from govt
The government yesterday gave yet another stimulus package worth Tk 3,000 crore for the export-oriented industries to help them provide wages and salaries to their workers for July.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM