Seventeen Bangladeshi textile and garment companies took part in three international summer exhibitions -- Techtextil, Texprocess and the Heimtextil -- in Germany’s Frankfort.

The leather industry cannot flourish properly depending only on the activities that take place during Eid-ul-Azha, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said today.

The government will form a new wage board for the garment sector in response to the apparel workers’ continued unrest in the previous four consecutive days, Lawmaker Shajahan Khan said today.

Exporters in Bangladesh raked in more than $1 billion in the shipment of leather, leather goods and footwear in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year despite a slowdown in May owing to supply chain disruptions and the fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war, official figures showed.

The leaders of the paper importers and the printing and packaging sectors today called for reducing import duty on papers that are not manufactured in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh earned $3.83 billion in merchandise exports in May, the lowest in nine months, as buoyancy in demand ebbed owing to higher inflation, according to data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) today.

Bhutan wants Bangladesh to make 2017’s transit route deal functional soon so that the landlocked country can use Mongla and Banglabandha ports to carry goods from and to Bangladesh through India.

The company will manufacture and sell generic pharmaceutical medicine in Kenya and East African Community (EAC).

The first consignment of 500kg of Gopalbhog mangoes from Rajshahi is en route to Dhaka today to be exported to Sweden.

The government has eased the local value addition criteria for textile and garment makers to claim export subsidy.

Export earnings soared 51.18 per cent year-on-year to $4.73 billion in April because of higher shipment of garment items amid gradual recovery of the global supply chain from the severe fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today demanded fair prices from the global clothing retailers and brands as the local exporters have been facing uneven price competition in the international markets.

Thanks to the success of the first direct container shipping service between Chattogram and Italy commenced in February this year, several Europe-based logistics providers now also want to launch such services for faster transportation of Bangladesh’s export cargoes.

The customs offices will remain open on a limited scale during the Eid and weekly holidays beginning from April 29 to May 4 to ensure smooth operation of export and import activities at the ports.

The Bangladesh Bank today revised its policy for post import financing (PIF) in order to give clarification to banks as importers have faced complexities to get fund properly.

Chinese company Venus Beauty Ltd is going to set up a hair fashion accessories manufacturing industry in Bepza Economic Zone with an investment of $50 million.

Bangladesh has devised strategies for signing of deals with major trading partners to retain duty benefits even after the country’s graduation to a developing country in 2026, Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said today.

The government is going to recognise 66 exporters with the "National Export Trophy" for being the highest foreign currency earner of the country in 2017-18 financial year.

Chinese company Xihe Textile Technology Bangladesh Ltd is going to set up a garments manufacturing industry in Mongla Export Processing Zone (EPZ) with an investment of $12.89 million.

Export earnings surged 33.4 per cent year-on-year to $38.6 billion in July-March period of the fiscal year buoyed by manufactured commodities mainly garments, providing a much-needed support to the country’s foreign exchange reserves, which is under pressure amid ballooning import bills.