Published in the Financial Express on 19, June 2017 Intra-regional trade of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC dropped further in 2016, according to the latest statistics. It showed that SAARC intra-regional trade stood at $40.32 billion ...
Read More »Swedish firms may invest in Bangladesh RMG sector
Published on Fibre2Fashion.com on 19, June 2017 Two Swedish firms, Investor AB and ABB Sweden have showed interest in making investment in Bangladesh readymade garment (RMG) sector. The investment will improve the economic conditions of both the countries, said Bangladesh ...
Read More »ILO adopted a new landmark standard, the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation
Published on the ILO website The 106th International Labour Conference (ILC) closed following two weeks of deliberations on key world of work issues, including the promotion of peace and stability in countries emerging from conflict, strengthening labour migration governance and ...
Read More »June 15, 2017: EPZ laws and duty on bank balance
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 Epz Labour Act: Draft to be placed in House soon Bangladesh ...
Read More »Bangladesh sees decline in export to Australia
Published in the Financial Express 14, June 2017 Merchandise export to Australia declined by 6.33 per cent in the 11 months of the current fiscal year (FY17). The value of export to Australia stood at $603 million in July-May period of ...
Read More »Epz Labour Act: Draft to be placed in House soon
Published in the Daily Star on 15, June 2017 Bangladesh will soon place the draft law of the proposed Export-Processing Zones (EPZ) Labour Act, 2016, to the Parliament after a review in August to bring the necessary amendment as per ...
Read More »June 14, 2017: ILC, EPZ laws and export to Australia drops
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 submits to ILC time-bound action plan on labour rights The ...
Read More »India ratifies both fundamental ILO Conventions on Child Labour
Published on the ILO website on 13, June 2017 On 13 June 2017, the Government of India deposited with the International Labour Office the instruments of ratification of the two fundamental ILO Conventions concerning the elimination of child labour, the ...
Read More »Govt submits to ILC time-bound action plan on labour rights
Published in the New Age on 13, June 2017 Moinul Haque The government has promised to produce the draft of the revised EPZ law before an International Labour Organisation committee by the end of November and that of the revised ...
Read More »5 things you should know about EU parliament voting on Bangladesh Sustainability compact
Members in plenary of European Parliament will adopt a Resolution tabled by the Committee on International Trade (INTA) on “The State-of-Play of the implementation of the Sustainability Compact in Bangladesh” on Wednesday (June 14). Here are the five things you ...
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