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  B’desh RMG industry turning into ‘one of the safest’ in world: Alliance

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:03am on April 12, 2017

  Alliance for Bangladesh Workers Safety, the platform of North American retailers, on Tuesday observed that Bangladesh’s readymade garment sector was becoming safest in the world...

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  Exporters see no hope of India lifting jute anti-dumping duty

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 02:03am on April 12, 2017

  Bangladesh jute goods exporters see no hope of withdrawal of anti-dumping duty imposed by India on import of jute goods from Bangladesh as the deadline...

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  HC stays Accord decision to cut business with 4 RMG units

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:29pm on April 09, 2017

  The High Court has stayed the decision of European buyers group Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh for terminating business relations with four...

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  Apparel makers demand no source tax on export income for two years

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:27pm on April 06, 2017

  Apparel makers on Thursday demanded that the National Board of Revenue exempt RMG exporters from paying source tax on export proceeds for the next two...

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  Trade deficit soars to $6b in 8 months

  AKM Zamir Uddin | Updated at 11:12pm on April 05, 2017

  The country’s trade deficit soared by 45.39 per cent to $6.08 billion in the first eight months of the current financial year 2016-17 compared with...

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  Exports rebound in Mar

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:08pm on April 05, 2017

  Country’s export earnings rebounded in March of the current financial year 2016-17 overcoming the negative earnings growth of the month of February and slow growth...

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  Govt, owners, labour leaders agree not to raise RMG sector problems in int’l forums

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:18pm on April 04, 2017

  The government, garment factory owners and labour leaders on Tuesday agreed not to raise country’s labour problems in the international forums, rather they would resolve...

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  ILO initiative for improving workplace coop begins

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:33pm on April 03, 2017

  The government and the International Labour Organisation started a joint programme to increase the capacity of government officials to promote workplace cooperation and handle grievances...

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  Labour issues to be top on TICFA meeting agenda

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:57pm on April 02, 2017

  Workplace safety and worker rights issues would be high on the agenda for the 3rd meeting of Bangladesh-United States Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement...

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  7 more RMG factories face Alliance wrath

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:37pm on April 01, 2017

  The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a consortium of North American fashion retailers and buyers, has cut business relations with seven more Bangladeshi readymade garment...