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Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed. Bangladesh to start construction work of nuclear power plant Prime Minister ...

Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed. Govt. upgrades labour directorate to labour department Government of Bangladesh has ...

Around 70% of the manufacturing cost of an apparel product is fabric and this cost can be reduced by around 10% by introducing new cutting technology.

Some 513 or one-third of the readymade garment (RMG) factories inspected under the national initiative (NI) have faced closure as they might have failed to compete in the market and comply with the required standards, including safety compliance, officials said.

Energy efficiency is all the rage these days. A much less talked about issue is water efficiency and sustainability at industrial level. This is where projects like the International Finance Corporation (IFC) PaCT (partnership for cleaner textile) come in because the apparel industry account for about 80 percent of the country's exports.

China remains the undisputed global giant in the textile and apparel industry. Its share of global apparel export is about 37 percent while the share of Bangladesh, the second largest readymade garment exporter in the world, is only about 6 percent. So, it is completely understandable that the actions of China will obviously influence the competitiveness of the other manufacturing hubs like ours.

Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed. Bangladesh govt. plans Tk 4,68,000 crore budget The size of the ...

Major countries, which are member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), have become key markets for Vietnam’s garment and textile products, and are forecast to making up between 74%-75% of the country’s total apparel export turnover in the near future.

Every day, CPD RMG Study team reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed. Clean Clothes Campaign demands proper compensation mechanisms for workers Clean Clothes ...

Hit by a sharp decline in textile exports in the current fiscal year, India's commerce and industry ministry has announced doubling an incentive under the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) for garment exporters with immediate effect.