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  Export earnings target for FY21 set at $41b

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 10:28pm on July 15, 2020

  The government has set an export earnings target from goods at $41 billion with a 21.76-per cent growth for the current financial year 2020-21 after...

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  29,369 workers lose jobs after Eid

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 01:14am on July 13, 2020

  A total of 29,369 workers, mostly from the readymade garment sector, have lost their jobs since Eid-ul-Fitr in late May as factory owners adopted cost-cutting...

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  Exports slump by 17pc, hit five-year low in FY20

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:03pm on July 05, 2020

  The country’s export earnings in the just concluded financial year 2019-20 dropped to a five-year low of $33.67 billion as the coronavirus pandemic hit hurt...

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  Jan-May apparel exports to US fall 12pc as pandemic hits demand

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:17pm on July 04, 2020

  Bangladesh’s apparel exports to the United States in January-May this year fell by 12.10 per cent due to the negative impacts of the global coronavirus...

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  Govt to shut jute mills from July 1

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:57pm on June 28, 2020

  The government on Sunday formally announced that it was likely to stop operating the state-owned jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation on July...

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  Govt to shut jute mills from July 1

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:53pm on June 28, 2020

  The government on Sunday formally announced that it was likely to stop operating the state-owned jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation on July...

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  EPB eyes 13pc export growth in FY21, experts sceptical

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 10:52pm on June 28, 2020

  The Export Promotion Bureau has proposed to set the target for the country’s merchandising export at $37.44 billion with 13.44 per cent yearonyear growth for...

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  BJMC mills to be privatised

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:45pm on June 25, 2020

  The government has decided to stop operating the state-owned jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation due to huge amounts of recurring losses year...

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  Bangladesh millers seek anti-dumping duty on India, Pakistan yarns

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 09:38pm on May 30, 2020

  The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association on Saturday urged the government to impose anti-dumping duty on Indian and Pakistani yarns to protect local manufacturers from cheap...

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  419 RMG factories in Bangladesh remain closed due to lack of orders

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 09:02pm on May 21, 2020

  Some 419 readymade garment factories in the country have remained closed for the last two months as the global buyers halted placing work orders due...