RMG sector

RMG sector

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Beximco, 9 other firms face lawsuits over failure to repay Tk700cr wage loans

Deadline to repay loans end on 31 December

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Bangladesh forced to cut RMG prices to stay afloat in EU market

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US buyers push Bangladeshi exporters to partly absorb tariff costs

Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmed, chairperson of Bangladesh Labour Reform Commission, addresses a a dialogue in Dhaka on 18 September 2025. Photo: Courtesy

10 years of Ethical Trading Initiative: RMG leaders urge 'institutionalisation' of social dialogue in sector

Bangladesh’s ability to fully capitalise on US tariffs depends on how strategically both the government and exporters respond. Photo: TBS

How India's invisible barrier is costing Bangladesh RMG exporters dearly

File photo of workers at a readymade garment factory in Dhaka. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Banking issues force 400 RMG factories to halt production: BGMEA

More RMG buyers flock to Bangladesh after Trump tariff on China, India

More RMG buyers flock to Bangladesh after Trump tariff on China, India

Bangladesh can absorb 5 percentage points tariff gap with peers, but 15 may be fatal

Bangladesh can absorb 5 percentage points tariff gap with peers, but 15 may be fatal

Tuomo Poutiainen, the outgoing country director of the International Labour Organization, at a press briefing in the ILO office in Agargaon, Dhaka on 19 May. Photo: Courtesy

Laws need to be equally applied in labour issues: ILO Country Director Tuomo 

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More apparel orders, investments beckon, but gas crisis still a major obstacle

There is a chance that buyers will consider this increased tariff while negotiating prices with the Bangladeshi apparel manufacturers. Photo: TBS

Panic grips world’s factory hubs after Trump tariff whiplash

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RMG corporate tax likely to double

Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate and professor of economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Photo: Colected

US tariffs on Bangladesh clothing a wrong move: Nobel Laureate economist Paul Krugman