Garment exports to the US grew 2.90 percent year-on-year to $1.87 billion in the first four months of the year as Bangladeshi manufacturers benefit from the Trump administration's abandonment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Ready-made garments (RMG) manufacturers will have to pay a higher corporate tax as the government has proposed to raise the tax rate from 12 per cent to 15 per cent for the 2018-19 fiscal years.

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 asks garments owners to pay Eid bonus by June 14 ...

The government has initiated a move for setting up ‘industrial safety unit’ under the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments with the aim of ensuring safe working condition in all industrial sectors.

Complexities in obtaining credit report on foreign buyers and suppliers are causing huge losses for local businesses, a recent survey found.

Instead of fulfilling its pledge to develop a compensation protocol in line with the ILO convention, the government is now working to reform the labour law by setting the maximum compensation at meagre Tk 2 lakh.

Management performance of RMG enterprises is strongly influenced by factors like group subsidiary of companies, recruitment of foreign staff and level of academic qualification of general managers.

Strengthening the Social Dialogue Process within a Weak Enabling Environment: The Case of Bangladesh’s RMG Industry examines the state of social dialogue in the backdrop of a weak enabling environment in the RMG sector of Bangladesh during the post-Rana Plaza ...

Bangladesh, the second largest exporter of apparel products, has outperformed China and India in ethical compliance in the apparel segment in terms of workplace safety in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza collapse.

CPD RMG Study has prepared an index based on the level of technology used by sample enterprises.