BGMEA calls emergency meeting on export slump
7 hour(s) ago
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will hold an emergency board meeting today to review the persistent decline in garment exports.
7 hour(s) ago
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
Japanese firms eye expansion, not relocation
Following the advent of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan, China last December, it was assumed that a number of Japanese companies based in the East Asian nation would shift their factories to less affected countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Impose duty on Indian yarn: Bangladeshi textile millers urge govt
Primary textile millers in Bangladesh have called upon the government to impose anti-dumping duty on Indian yarn imports to protect the $8 billion domestic textile industry.
30 May 2020, 17:46 PM
Indian clothing manufactures demand tax on Bangladeshi RMG imports
Clothing manufacturers in India have asked the government to impose more duty on import of clothing items, especially from Bangladesh, to save their domestic industry.
28 May 2020, 16:43 PM
Pandemic hurting Bangladeshi youths’ job prospects disproportionately: ILO
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is inflicting a shock to the employability of the vulnerable youth population in Bangladesh, according to a report of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
27 May 2020, 16:07 PM
BGMEA engaging rights groups to ensure buyers pay local suppliers
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been engaging different international rights groups to ensure that international retailers and brands pay local suppliers.
24 May 2020, 16:10 PM
BGMEA threatens to blacklist British retailer EWM over non-payment
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has threatened to blacklist British clothing retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) in Bangladesh for not paying suppliers and not responding to the call of the association.
22 May 2020, 19:34 PM
Improve business environ, services to draw investment
Japan has asked Bangladesh to have a blitz on the business environment and services to the existing Japanese companies as preconditions to come by fresh investments from the far-east Asian country.
22 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Failure to Pay Wages: BGMEA asks govt to close 46 factories
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has recommended that the ministry of labour and employment close down 46 garment factories that failed to pay the workers’ salary for March despite repeated requests from the association.
18 May 2020, 18:00 PM
China offers generous duty privilege
Here’s a spot of good news amid the doom and gloom.
17 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Pay half of bonus now, the rest later
The government yesterday asked garment factory owners to pay the workers 50 percent of their basic salary as Eid bonus before the festival and another 50 percent after the festival.
16 May 2020, 18:00 PM
American national treasure JC Penney has left Bangladeshi garment exporters in the lurch
Bangladeshi suppliers of the American retail giant JC Penney are in hot water as their payment has now become uncertain after the company filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday.
16 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Al-Muslim turns factory into quarantine centre for workers
Al-Muslim Group, a leading garment exporter, is constructing quarantine centres at Savar to treat its workers who show Covid-19 symptoms.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM
RMG owners want to give worker’s half pay as bonus
Garment factory owners yesterday proposed paying workers 50 percent of their basic salaries as Eid bonus.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM
A homegrown fabric claims to kill coronavirus
The world is moving heaven and earth every day to line up one remedy or the other to steer clear of the novel coronavirus. And here, a company claims to have developed a fabric that can annihilate the deadly pathogen.
13 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Infections creep up in RMG belts
With more and more garment factories reopening every day, the deadly coronavirus appears to be spreading among workers in the industrial belts in Ashulia, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Chattogram.
11 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Exports crash to a 40-year-low
Incredulous, is what one would sigh when chancing upon April’s export receipts, which hit rock-bottom at $520.01 million.
8 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Textile millers missed sales of Tk 20,000cr
Shahid Alam, a yarn manufacturer for the local garment industry, used to sell cotton yarn worth Tk35 crore a month, and more so on the occasions of Pahela Baishakh and Eid-ul-Fitr.
7 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Closed Factories: RMG owners refuse to pay over 60pc salary
Despite repeated calls from the union leaders for paying the workers of closed factories at least 65 percent of their gross salaries for April, the owners at a meeting yesterday refused to offer any more than 60 percent.
4 May 2020, 18:00 PM
British upscale brand Debenhams leaves its Bangladesh apparel suppliers high and dry
Garment exporters who supplied to the struggling British department store Debenhams have run into a brick wall.
4 May 2020, 18:00 PM
RMG units reopening haphazardly
Nearly a thousand garment factories outside the capital, which resumed operation haphazardly since April 26, didn’t follow the reopening schedule agreed upon at a high-profile meeting five days ago, spurring a huge influx of workers to Dhaka and elsewhere amid coronavirus risks.
30 April 2020, 18:00 PM