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Workers are busy putting shoes into packets in a factory in Brahmanbaria. Because of Covid-19, production in shoe factories in Brahmanbaria has decreased by an average of 40 percent, causing a financial loss of Tk20 crore to traders and workers. Photo: Azizul Shonchay

Brahmanbaria’s footwear industry in tatters

The footwear industry in Brahmanbaria–with about 3,000 workers at various factories–has been in a slump for several years due to the dominance of foreign shoes on the market

Workers are processing shoes at Lace Footwear Factory at Bhairab in Kishoreganj. File Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS

Domestic footwear sector nears collapse

Rave shoes

Shoes shine online

Photo: Collected

Brac Bank offers 10% cashback on footwear purchase

Demand for handmade shoes has decreased with the advent of footwear made in mechanised factories, mostly imported from India and China. Photo: tbs

Workers losing jobs as Brahmanbaria footwear industry mechanises

Workers are processing shoes at Lace Footwear Factory at Bhairab in Kishoreganj. File Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS

Bhairab, nation’s footwear-producing region

$10m grants coming for 650 non-RMG firms to address compliance gap

$10m grants coming for 650 non-RMG firms to address compliance gap

Middlemen feast on Bhairab’s footwear industry

Middlemen feast on Bhairab’s footwear industry

Leather trade drops amid footwear export boom in last six years

Leather trade drops amid footwear export boom in last six years