Refayet Ullah Mirdha

The proposed 130 percent hike in gas price for captive power plants will badly hurt the country’s primary textile sector, which is already struggling for the deluge of cheap fabrics and yarns from China and India.

Export earnings rose 11.82 percent year-on-year to $2.68 billion in April on the back of higher shipments of

Even a small country could be a very promising market for Bangladesh if it has deep diplomatic relations with that country.

Bangladesh should focus on the growing Asian apparel market, where the retail value of garment and textile

Straight, skinny but a bit stretchy and loose in dirty blue -- that is going to be the latest in denim fashion worldwide, said designer and denim trend analyst Amy Leverton.

Remediation in factories from which Swedish retail giant H&M sources has progressed significantly, the company

Almost half of the remediation works in factories under the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety have been completed, the North American retailers' platform said in a report yesterday.

A 49.5 percent remediation works in the factories under the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (Alliance) is completed, as recommended by the experts to ensure workplace safety.

Local clothing retailers are expanding their businesses to cash in on the shopping spree ahead of Pahela Baishakh, the largest cultural festival in the country.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has allocated a separate scanner for fruits and vegetables at the Dhaka

Vegetable exporters have called for a separate machine at the airport for quick screening of their consignments as many are missing

Exports accelerated 9.27 percent year-on-year to $2.83 billion in March on the back of higher shipments of garment, leather and leather goods, and jute and jute goods.

Bangladesh is ready to ratify the trade facilitation agreement of the World Trade Organisation, committing to an easy

Kawsar Ahmed Sumon took 1,500 kilograms of vegetables and betel leaves to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on March 25 to export those to Saudi Arabia.

Bangladesh's efforts to regain trade privileges under generalised system of preferences for its exports to the US have

Yarn market in Bangladesh remained stable in the last one year thanks to the declining cotton prices worldwide, industry people said.

A central database of garment workers is yet to be prepared, almost five years after Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association took the initiative.

Swedish retail giant H&M yesterday expressed dissatisfaction over the progress of remediation at its Bangladeshi

An UK expert team yesterday started examining the measures taken to improve the security at the Hazrat Shahjalal International

SM Jahangir Hossain exports five to 10 tonnes of perishable goods to different countries every week, particularly the UK. All was well for him until the recent UK ban on direct cargo from Dhaka to London. The UK Department of Transport says, “Recent security assessments of Dhaka International Airport found that some international security requirements were not being met.”