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  BGMEA criticises rights groups for seeking revision

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on October 16, 2018

  Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association leaders on Monday criticised labour rights groups which are demanding upward revision of the newly-announced minimum wage of Tk...

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  BGMEA, BKMEA dilly-dallying with govt order to stop UD

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:10am on October 14, 2018

  BGMEA and BKMEA, the two associations of the country’s apparel exporters, have failed to comply with the government directive to stop issuing Utilisation Declaration to...

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  BGMEA, Lanka businesses to join hands for RMG export boost

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on October 12, 2018

  Bangladeshi apparel exporters and Sri Lankan businesses on Thursday agreed to use the strength of each other for boosting apparel export to the European market...

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  Accord starts transferring duty to govt Oct 15

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on October 10, 2018

  The handover of RMG factory safety monitoring responsibility to the government by the Accord will start on October 15 as the extended tenure for the...

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  RMG export volume growth outpaces value in EU market as price falling

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 12:00am on October 07, 2018

  Bangladesh’s apparel export to European Union in January-July of 2018 witnessed a significant growth in terms of volume but posted a meager growth in value,...

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  Accord submits 6-phase exit plan without timeframe

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 01:58am on October 02, 2018

  Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a platform of European brands and buyers engaged in readymade garment sector in Bangladesh, has submitted to...

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  Global buyers, investors for continuation of Accord

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on September 30, 2018

  Global buyers and investors have requested Bangladesh government to allow operation of Transition Accord in Bangladesh’s readymade garment sector until the ‘rigorous readiness’ of a...

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  Non-bonded exporters to get duty refund without physical inspection of goods

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on September 28, 2018

  Exporters who do not enjoy bonded warehouse facility will be allowed to get refund of customs duty and value-added tax paid on import of raw...

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  219 RMG units face govt action for remediation failure

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on September 28, 2018

  The government has started taking punitive measures against non-compliant readymade garment factories which were inspected under a government-led and International Labour Organisation-supported initiative but failed...

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  RMG workers’ children to get edn aid from central fund

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on September 23, 2018

  Nearly 200 children of readymade garment workers are going to receive education assistance from the RMG sector central fund next month, according to labour ministry...