227 news articles tagged with "BGMEA"
Bangladesh's Commerce Ministry is weighing hilsa export to India ahead of Durga Puja, with 18 firms seeking permission and Indian importers pushing for clearance by mid-September.
Carew and Company distillery profit crossed Tk 200 crore in FY2025-26, with liquor sales exceeding Tk 500 crore for the first time. Sugar unit still losing Tk 60 crore annually.
Bangladesh Bank's Q4 FY26 review shows net RMG exports rose 10.38% QoQ to $6.23 billion, driven by knitwear, but full-year growth was just 0.96% as gas shortages and EU-Vietnam FTAs loom.
Speakers at a Chattogram dialogue call for worker-centred just energy transition framework, with reskilling, social protection and trade union rights integrated into green factory modernisation plans.
Bangladesh's leading industrial groups including DBL, PRAN-RFL, Akij Bashir, and MGI have installed over 600MW of rooftop solar capacity as energy crisis and buyer pressure drive adoption.
Factories in Gazipur, Savar, Ashulia reopening after 3-day closure. Spinning mills running at 60-80% capacity, up from 40%. FSRU partial repair supplies 115 mmcfd. Workers returning to work.
Bangladesh needs public-private partnership for circular economy. 821,000 tonnes plastic waste/year, only 36% recycled. BUILD: plastic-to-textile recycling could add $4-5B garment exports. EU Green Deal compliance critical. BGMEA: waste sector needs formalization.
Bangladesh's RMG sector, accounting for 84-85% of exports, faces declining competitiveness. Strategic priorities include product diversification, market expansion, technology adoption, and energy security.
Textile millers and the BGMEA made separate pitches to the Prime Minister, with BTMA seeking a refinancing scheme and BGMEA demanding uninterrupted gas supply to protect apparel competitiveness.
Iran's economy contracted 10.1% year-on-year during the first quarter of the Persian calendar (March-June 2026) as the US-Iran war devastated economic activity, official statistics show.
A technical fault at Rampal power plant's second unit has cut generation by half to below 600MW, even as Adani Power's Godda plant resumed supply after its own three-day shutdown.