Refayet Ullah Mirdha

The textile chemical and dye market of Bangladesh is edging towards $1 billion on the back of rising garment exports, according to industry insiders.

The Indian government's massive stimulus package of Rs 60 billion, or $894 million, for boosting its garment sector

The garment exporters' profitability has hit a rock-bottom thanks to the continued downward price pressure by the international retailers amid rising production costs.

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has of late become vital to Bangladeshi exporters after the ban on direct cargo flights from Dhaka to any European country.

Exports to India are not picking up despite a host of positive initiatives by both the countries.

Garment factories, especially the small and medium-sized units, which are facing a financial crunch have good news as foreign financing companies are coming over to invest in the sector.

Bangladesh's primary textile sector, an essential cog in the garment export wheel, has been witnessing a dearth of fresh investment for the last few years due to gas crisis and scarcity of bigger industrial land.

Thanks to its burgeoning economy, Bangladesh is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for UK investors, said Rushanara Ali,

Digitisation of sales and marketing would be a key factor in becoming more competitive in global apparel trade as shoppers are

Bangladesh boasts as being the world's number two garment exporter. Every third European has a T-shirt made in Bangladesh on his back. Every fifth American wears jeans manufactured in Bangladesh.

Spinners are facing troubles as they cannot release cotton from Chittagong port in time due to congestion that was created from the breakdown of two of the four gantry cranes in June.

Bangladesh will remain the apparel sourcing hotspot for international retailers and brands over the next five years because of competitive prices and China's declining market share in garment business, says a global survey.

Two global rights groups, Industri-ALL and UNI Global Union, have asked the Western clothing brands to hasten the

Local Midland Power has awarded the Chinese power giant CRRC Corporation to construct its second power plant, the 150-megawatt

Only 32 percent of the top 100 global fashion brands are somewhat transparent about their value chains, publishing

Tanners are offering merchants low prices for rawhides under the excuse of having borne high investment for

Exports fetched $3.64 billion in August, the highest in a single month in the country's history, on the back of increased shipments of garment, frozen fish, agricultural and leather products.

The garment makers have requested the Supreme Court to postpone the demolition of the controversial BGMEA office for a year as they are not fully prepared to flatten such a big building.

The newly constructed Savar leather estate, where tanners relocated from their age-old Hazaribagh industrial hub in April, is

This Eid-ul-Azha, more than 30 percent of the rawhide is likely to go to waste as a large number of tanneries are not interested in purchasing the skin of the sacrificial animals due to them being non-operational still following relocation to Savar.