Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Finance Division’s Report: In the Finance Division’s report on trade turnover of last four month shows planned Brexit might not effect Bangladesh’s export to Britain. Both woven and knit garment shipment have increased in last quarter to EU market.

Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Less Diversification is Risky: BGMEA President Siddiqur Rahman foresees that due to comparatively less diversification of RMG products, Bangladesh runs the risk of being overtaken by India and Vietnam in global competition. ILO’s DG Lauds Progress ...

Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: IKEA Tops Report on Sustainable Cotton: The Swedish global home furnishing giant, IKEA has unveiled its sustainable report for FY 2016 where in it pledges Euro 1 billion investment in sustainable initiatives in the coming year. The home furnishing retailer claims that it continues to source most cotton from sustainable sources namely Better Cotton Initiative (82 per cent) and uses recycled cotton (18 per cent) for the rest.

The Workers’ Voice Report 2016 represents the collaboration of two organisations sharing a common vision of pushing Bangladesh’s Ready Made Garment (RMG) industry towards more sustainability. Awaj Foundation, a local NGO dedicated to fighting for labour rights, and Consulting Service ...

In recent years the Bangladesh RMG sector has witnessed a number of industrial accidents including the fire at Tazreen Fashions and the collapse of Rana Plaza which claimed the lives of over 1,200 workers. The ILO Programme on Improving Working ...

Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Mandatory e-Export: Under the new e-Export, customs officials in Bangladesh will check the authenticity of export permit form (EXP) issued by the banks with the bills though automated Asycuda World System. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is making e-Export mandatory from December 26, 2016.

ILO Launches RMG Project: Guy Ryder, Director General of ILO inaugurated the five yearlong $ 8.43 million project titled, “Promoting Social Dialogue and Harmonious Industrial Relations in the Bangladesh RMG” on Sunday in Dhaka. BSTMPIA’s New Executive Committee ...

The report on the review of the 2006-2009 Bangladesh DWCP includes a brief summary of the country context, progress towards each of the four outcomes, a discussion of how gender issues factored into the implementation of the DWCP, progress relative ...

This paper examines recent trends in women’s labour force participation in Bangladesh. It shows that there has been an increase in female labour force participation in Bangladesh, alongside the acceleration in economic growth since the 1990s. In contrast to the ...