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 Garment accessories traders dread VAT law Businessmen in the export-oriented garment ...

Published in the Daily Star on May 23, 2017 Businessmen in the export-oriented garment accessories sector are fearing a rise in production costs due to implementation of the proposed VAT law from July despite assurances to the contrary from the ...

Published in the New Age on 22, May 2017 Country’s export oriented RMG factory owners are likely to get exemption from paying premium for group insurance for workers as the labour ministry and sector leaders have agreed in principle to ...

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. Dhaka may lose edge as Colombo enjoys EU benefit Bangladesh’s apparel ...

Published in the daily Star on 22, May 2017 The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) cannot start the inspection of nearly 1,000 small-sized garment factories for a lack of funds. Those factories are small and not included ...

Published in the Financial Express on 21, May 2017 By Monira Munni Bangladesh’s apparel export to the EU market is likely to face stiff competition with Sri Lanka’s following the latter regaining trade benefit from the important bloc. Industry-insiders said the ...

Published in the Sri Lanka brief on 19, April 2017 The Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) of the European Union (EU) is a trade arrangement that allows developing countries to pay less or no duties on their exports to the ...

On May 18, 2017, the Partners of the Sustainability Compact – the Government of Bangladesh (GoB), the European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA), Canada, and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) – met for the third follow-up meeting. ...

Published in the daily Observer on 18, May 2017 The United States has urged the government to adopt the ILO’s recommendation to remove the portions of the draft EPZ labour law referring to freedom of association and adopt instead the ...

Published in NTV online on 20, May 2017 The partners of the Sustainability Compact have encouraged private initiatives to remain engaged with the government and renew their commitments to work for safer RMG factories in Bangladesh during the coming years. ...