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Every day, CPD RMG Study reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed BIDA receives 45% less investment proposals in Q3 Investment proposals by companies ...

Published in The Financial Express on Wednesday, 4 May 2017 Asjadul Kibria, from Yokohma Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao has praised Bangladesh for its efforts to improve the workplace safety following Rana Plaza disaster, one of the worst ...

Published in Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday, 3 May 2017 Ibrahim Hossain Ovi Foreign buyers make huge profits on Bangladeshi RMG products but pay the manufacturers poorly. When it comes to the prices of Bangladeshi RMG products, the gap between manufacturing ...

Every day, CPD RMG Study reveals what’s on our economic and apparel radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and analysis you may have missed. FBCCI to press for multiple VAT rates The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers ...

বিশ্বব্যাংকের একটি গবেষণা প্রতিবেদনে দেখা যায়, ২০০৫-০৯ সাল পর্যন্ত প্রতি বছর নিট পোশাকের দাম কমেছে পিসপ্রতি ১ দশমিক ২ শতাংশ। আর ওভেন পোশাকের দাম কমেছে ২ দশমিক ২ শতাংশ হারে। অর্থাত্ নিট ও ওভেন পোশাক মিলে পোশাকপ্রতি দাম কমেছে গড়ে ১ দশমিক ৭ শতাংশ।

Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque mentioned that the RMG workers who were dismissed in Ashulia incident will be taken back by their employers, their arrears will be paid and the Apparel Workers Summit will be scheduled at a later date.

Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Five leading RMG buyers i.e. H&M, Inditex (Zara), C&A, Next and Tchibo and Ethical Trading Initiative have withdrawn from the upcoming Dhaka Apparel Summit over deterioration of labour rights in Bangladesh garment industry.

Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Presently after advance income tax, excise duty and bank’s service charge the interest rate (of zero to 4 per cent) on saving deposits have negative returns for most banks in Bangladesh.

Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Taka will soon to depreciate against US dollar, predicts Standard Chartered Bank. Read: http://www.thedailystar.net/business/takas-depreciation-the-horizon-stanchart-says-1364641

Some news highlights relevant to RMG sector: Tapan Chowdhury, President of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) identified challenges of producing value-added products. He mentioned constraint in electricity, gas and infrastructure as major obstacles.