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  Global brand to pay $2.3m in complaint settlement

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on January 23, 2018

  A multinational apparel brand has reached a settlement with two global unions for $2.3 million that to be paid for remediation works at Bangladesh garment...

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  Bangladesh seeks duty-free access for RMG to Russia

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on January 22, 2018

  Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday sought duty- free market access of all Bangladeshi export products, including readymade garments, to Russia to increase trade volume...

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  Govt relaxes rules for giving cash incentives to garment makers

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:33am on January 21, 2018

  The government has decided to ease the condition for getting new market exploration assistance for the readymade garment exporters by allowing them to repatriate their...

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  Four-day GAPEXPO starts Jan 24

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:06am on January 20, 2018

  The ninth edition of GAPEXPO, an international garment accessories and packaging products exhibition, will start in Dhaka on January 24 with the aim of showcasing...

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  Govt to focus on financing SDGs, 7th FYP in BDF

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on January 16, 2018

  The two-day Bangladesh Development Forum will begin tomorrow (Wednesday) where government will focus on financing gaps for implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and implementation...

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  Rules violeted in appointing workers’ representative, allege leaders

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 12:05am on January 16, 2018

  Labour leaders have alleged that the real representation of the readymade garment sector workers has been ignored in the wage board formed on Sunday for...

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  Govt forms wage board for RMG workers

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on January 15, 2018

  The government on Sunday formed minimum wage board to review the wages for the readymade garment workers through the appointment of owners’ and workers’ representatives...

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  Bangladesh mulls retaining China DFQF access, not APTA scheme

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 09:53pm on January 13, 2018

  Bangladesh might opt for duty-free and quota-free market access in China rather than trade preferences under the Asia Pacific Trade agreement as the DFQF scheme...

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  3rd forum announces to vie for BGMEA election

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

  A section of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association members on Thursday declared a new forum — Shadhinata Parishad — for participating in the upcoming...

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  301 Alliance-linked units complete remediation

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:23am on January 09, 2018

  Fifty-four more readymade garment factories which make products for North American retailers and buyers have completed full safety remediation in December in 2017...