Pahartali Textiles Limited in Chattogram has completed the modernisation of its unit-2 under the BMRE (balancing, modernisation, rehabilitation, and expansion) programme to enhance production capacity and efficiency...
A total of 1,179 readymade garment and textile factories of various industrial hubs of the country are yet to clear half or full wages for March ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, said the latest report of the Industrial Police.
According to the latest report of Industrial Police, 2,282 readymade garment and textile factories are yet to clear half or full wages for March...
IMMIGRATION wasn鈥檛 easy at Kolkata鈥檚 Dum Dum airport. Instead of the multiple visitors expected from Bangladesh, there were only two of us, me and Chandra Shekhar da (a reputed textile expert), who had visas issued before the Indian government鈥檚 embargo on entry into the country came into effect in August 2024. The event we planned to attend was 鈥楾extiles...
Environmentalists on Monday formed a human chain in Rajshahi city protesting against felling trees and filling a pond inside the Rajshahi Textile Mills by the PRAN-RFL group...
The export of home textile products has witnessed a comeback over the past few months, owing to an improved order situation and increased production capacity...
Textiles and jute adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Wednesday said that some profit-mongers hampered the normal pace of country鈥檚 handloom industry misusing the government facilities given to this industry for its development...
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association president Showkat Aziz Russell on Tuesday said that textile sector in Bangladesh might experience a surge in factory closures as a result of further hike in gas prices...
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Bangladesh, in collaboration with BGMEA and Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), organised a Circular Textile Trade Mission matchmaking session at the BGMEA complex in Dhaka on Wednesday...
The 19th edition of 鈥楧haka International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition鈥� or DTG is going to start on February 20, said a press release signed by BTMA secretary general Brigadier General Md Zakir Hossain...
Textiles and jute adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin聽on Wednesday said that initiatives had been taken to diversify jute products while the聽problems surrounding the jute sector would be resolved very soon...
Over one hundred readymade garment factory units in the country are yet to pay wages and allowances of December, 2024 to their workers within the first week of February, which is approaching its end...
The country鈥檚 textile sector businesses have requested finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed to impose a ban on yarn imports using the customs houses of all land ports in the interest of the country鈥檚 textile sector...
Apparel and textile sector trade bodies on Monday wrote to the interim government demanding suspending the plan to increase the price of gas for the industrial sector and captive power plants...
The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association has demanded the government to extend the usance period for payments on import of industrial raw materials...
The country鈥檚 primary textile millers on Tuesday demanded intervention from the Bangladesh Bank to realise their matured bills from commercial banks against the supply of yarn and fabric to the readymade garment industries through back-to-back letters of credit...
Sheikh Bashir Uddin, adviser to the Ministries of Textiles, Jute, and Commerce, has urged stakeholders to brace for challenges following Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from least developed country status...
Chinese company Bangladesh BaoRui Textile Co Limited will invest $19.53 million in Mongla export processing zone to establish a composite textile manufacturing industry, said a press release...
At least 25 people were injured in a clash between the students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute and the Bangladesh University of Textiles from Sunday through early Monday in the capital鈥檚 Tejgaon area...
A student of Faridpur Textile Institute was stabbed to death in a conflict between seniors and juniors in the Shantibagh area of 鈥嬧�婼hahjahanpur in the capital early Tuesday...
Experts at a programme on Saturday said that Bangladesh should make timely preparations to address the job losses automation could cause in the readymade garment and textile sector...
Experts on Tuesday stressed the need for a textile waste (jhut) management policy in Bangladesh, saying that its informal nature of the sector fuelled political-economic tensions and...
Experts on Wednesday said that the country needed a collaborative approach from the government and the stakeholders of garments sector to utilise the huge potential of the sector.
A Chinese company, M/s Xingchen Textile Co Ltd, is set to invest $35.03 million to establish a textile industry in the Mongla Export Processing Zone, according to a press release.
CEMS-Global USA, a New York-based multinational exhibition and convention organiser, on Monday announced that it would host Bangladeshi edition of its globally renowned Textile Series of Exhibitions.
Jute and textile adviser Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday urged South Korea to come up with investments in jute and textile sectors, as its...
The country鈥檚 textile manufacturers on Wednesday called for an uninterrupted supply of both gas and electricity, along with enhanced security measures to ensure the sector鈥檚 survival...
The absence of a comprehensive policy framework for circular textiles, which would incentivise the recycling of post-industrial textile waste known as jhut, is causing Bangladesh to forgo $5 billion in potential annual export revenues from recycled textile products, according to a recent study...
Mohammad Ali Khokon on Sunday resigned from his position as president of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association and former vice-president Showkat Aziz Russell took over the role following an emergency board meeting...
Country鈥檚 readymade garment factories and textile mills will remain closed as the government extended curfew for an indefinite period and announced three days鈥� general holidays from Monday due to the deteriorated law and order situation, sector leaders said...