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A new study has found that high labour and environmental standards attract international businesses broadening the scope for manufacturing growth.

Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute has identified product and market concentration, lower productivity of workers and lack of mid-level professionals as major challenges for the readymade garment business in Bangladesh.

Denim exports to the US, Bangladesh's single largest export destination, sank 31.48 percent year-on-year to $295.04 million in 2016 because of the re-emergence of the legendary American denim industry.

At the Mohammadi Fashion Sweaters Ltd. factory in Bangladesh’s capital, a few dozen workers stand watching as 173 German-made machines knit black sweaters for overseas buyers.

The government is set to frame a policy to bring in discipline and ensure accountability among the buying houses in the export-oriented apparel industry.

The import of man-made fibres such as polyester staple, viscose, and tencel is on the rise as a substitute for cotton as their demand is increasing amid changes in global fashion trend.

India’s trade gap in January was at its widest in more than four-and-a-half years on the back of a surge in the import of crude oil, precious jewellery and coal.

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. Gas prices in Bangladesh set to rise again Gas prices are ...

The expert committee of the International Labour Organisation in its observation urged the government to ensure that the Bangladesh Labour Act and the Bangladesh Labour Rules meet ILO Conventions.