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  No privatised, PPP textile mills reopen

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:52pm on September 11, 2020

  Almost six years of the government initiative have passed but no state-owned textile mill has reopened yet under the public-private partnership due to the poor...

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  Export in July-Aug grows by 2.17pc

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:03pm on September 03, 2020

  The country’s export earnings in July and August, the first two months of the current financial year 2020-21, grew by 2.17 per cent to $6.88...

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  Bangladesh RMG export posts 45pc growth in August

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:08pm on August 31, 2020

  The country’s readymade garment export growth turned positive in August this year with a robust 44.63 per cent year-on-year growth after seven months of negative...

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  Global RMG buyers shift corona-induced financial burden onto suppliers: study

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:02pm on August 15, 2020

  Global apparel buyers adopted a strategy of offloading their COVID-19-induced financial troubles onto suppliers by placing small volumes of orders and asking for lower prices...

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  Rice prices up despite surplus output

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:18pm on August 14, 2020

  The prices of rice have started to increase further in the city though the government sees a surplus of the staple food after meeting the...

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  RMG workers lose Tk 4,250cr in wages in Mar-May: report

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:07pm on August 10, 2020

  Readymade garment workers in Bangladesh lost wages worth around $501 million (about Tk 4,250 crore) for three months, March to May, due to the coronavirus...

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  Canada co seeks $10m refund from 2 Bangladeshi cos over poor quality

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 10:24pm on August 08, 2020

  A Canadian buyer has sought refund on an order of medical masks from two Bangladeshi suppliers, claiming that the suppliers delivered non-medical and poor-quality products...

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  US fashion brands plan to increase sourcing from Bangladesh

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:26pm on August 05, 2020

  Fifty-five per cent of fashion brands in the United States have expressed their interest to expand sourcing from Bangladesh in the next two years while...

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  790 factories at labour unrest risk over dues

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 12:12am on July 19, 2020

  The industrial police have identified 790 industrial units, including 514 readymade garment and textile factories, across the country being at the risk of facing labour...

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  People reel from income losses, rising costs

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:41pm on July 16, 2020

  The recent increases in living costs have multiplied the miseries of the majority people in Dhaka city as elsewhere across the country with their income...