At the meeting, the BGMEA also urged the USTR to put pressure on US clothing retailers and brands to increase the per unit price paid for garment items sourced from Bangladesh.
BGMEA President SM Mannan Kochi says in a press briefing today
Syed Nazrul Islam new first vice-president and Khandoker Rafiqul Islam senior vice-president
Kochi bagged all 35 posts of directors in the biennial election for 2024-26 tenure
BGMEA president meets Bangladeshi high commissioner to India
Thirty-five members from the Forum panel will participate in the biennial election
BGMEA, in collaboration with SEIP, organised the two-day Career Summit and Fest for the first time at the BGMEA Complex in Uttara
Since the announcement of the new wage, the workers have been reiterating that it will not bring them any semblance of relief, but fighting for it has brought on all kinds of trouble.
Six years ago, a perfectly healthy man in his 60s just left me and my children in a state of shock and emptiness.
There is a huge prospect for bilateral trade between Bangladesh and India, especially in the garment and textile sectors, according to Faruque Hassan, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
The BGMEA president met a delegation of Proparco in Paris on February 18
Are RMG orders going to fall drastically?
Belgian Queen Mathilde today praised the transition of Bangladesh’s garment industry towards sustainable and responsible manufacturing and the progress the south Asian country has achieved to ensure workers’ rights and welfare.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today asked international retailers and brands to pay “ethical” prices for apparel items sourced from the country as local producers have spent heavily on improving their safety and compliance standards.
The garment makers have urged the government to increase gas price in phases because it is tough to tolerate a sudden big hike amid the existing volatile domestic and global economic situation.
A vessel with 10 metres draught berthed at a jetty of the Chattogram port for the first time yesterday, a major leap forward as the movement of larger ships is expected to cut costs and save time.
The growth of garment shipment to the US and the European Union declined in July-December as consumers in the two largest export destinations of Bangladesh have remained concerned about the persisting economic uncertainty for the raging Russia-Ukraine war.
Behind the scenes of ‘Made in Bangladesh’
The beginning of the export of T-shirts from Bangladesh was considered to be a landmark in the history of the garment manufacturing as it helped the country widen the product base.