This ‘RMG Monitoring Brief’ is the second in a series of briefs published under the civil society monitoring initiative. The objective of this brief is to conduct a concise review of the progress made by the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) ...

Bangladesh’s readymade garments (RMG) industry has made significant improvements in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) over the last decade, especially in the years after the Rana Plaza tragedy. Despite the progress, a number of emerging concerns on industrial safety in ...

Verification Options Used in Public Procurement by Apparel Sourcing Countries Potential and Effectiveness in Bangladesh Authors: Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Tamim Ahmed The objective of the study is to review the existing practices of different standards and certificates related to ...

Originally posted in The Business Standard on 22 March 2022 Ready-made garments (RMG) workers have blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and set fire to a bus after a worker was injured in a road accident in Chaydana area of Gazipur. The ...

Originally posted in Textile Today on 14 March 2022 Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) value addition has been inconsistent in recent years. Apparel exporters have mainly attributed the COVID-19 pandemic-induced raw materials high prices and lack of long-term policy supports for ...

Originally posted in The Daily Star on 13 March 2022 The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) to reinstate GSP status in the American ...

Originally posted in Textile Today  on 13 March 2022 Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) exports to the USA upheld an impressive growth – both in terms of value and volume – in January 2022. In terms of export growth, the country ...

Originally posted in The Financial Express on 7 March 2022 Bangladesh’s apparel industry rejoices at rejuvenation with old factories expanding and new ones sprouting amid a glut of orders from buyers, though global tensions pose downside risks, sources say. Encouraged ...

Originally posted in The Daily Financial Express on 05 March 2022 The share of woven garments in Bangladesh’s export earnings wanes mainly as lax backwards-linkage industry fails to support the apparel subsector, insiders say. Backwards-linkage industry is also “important to ...

Originally posted in The Daily Financial Express on 03 March 2022 The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has launched its online-based membership management system to make registration procedures easy, faster and more convenient for factories. The online-based system ...