Consolidation in the Bangladesh textile industry unavoidable
Bangladeshi ready-made garment (RMG) manufacturers are increasingly sourcing fabrics from abroad due to high price and quality concerns of the local fabrics. …
Flats sale, land transfer hit rock bottom
Bangladesh’s real-estate market has been going through a sluggish trend at least for the last eighteen months with the sales of both flats and …
Korean Export Processing Zone at serious risk
Instead of handing over the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) to the investor, the government of Bangladesh plans to take back part of …
Is Bangladesh losing it’s pot of gold – the garment business – to Africa?
Bangladesh’s ready-made garments (RMG) exporters fear losing market share following a dip in sales in Western countries including the USA over the …
Board of Investment (BoI) will be replaced
A new authority will replace the Board of Investment (BoI) and Privatisation Commission (PC) under a merger scheme, now underway at the …
Dhaka needs to remove its rocky anti-FDI atmosphere
Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Mr. Lee Yun-young has said Bangladesh should come out from protectionism and open up its market for foreign …
‘Welfare Associations’ to negotiate for rights at Bangladesh EPZ
The Government of Bangladesh today approved, in principle, draft of a labour law for Export Processing Zones (EPZ) with the provision to allow …
Return of GSP seems far off – a lot more must be done
Bangladesh’s progress in implementation of the National Tripartite Plan of Action on Fire Safety and Structural Integrity (the Action Plan) which provides a basis for …
Bangladesh halts shutdown of “unsafe” factories
The Bangladeshi government is refusing to shut down garment factories declared unsafe, following a row with independent inspectors over the strength of …
EU calls for Substantial progress on labour issues in Bangladesh
The European Union (EU) called for substantial progress on labour issues for Bangladesh’s continued Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) trade privileges. Currently Bangladesh …