Bangladesh

The productivity of Bangladesh's labour-intensive sectors like garment manufacturing are going to be adversely affected by high temperatures and humidity, leaving many in Dhaka exposed to dangerous working conditions, a new report has underscored.

Expanding bilateral ties, a Bangladesh-Türkiye Business Forum (BTBF) has been formed to support trade, investments, and cultural activities and also act as an advocacy platform.

A one of its kind dataset of jamdani motifs in digital format has been developed by students in Bangladesh in a bid to preserve the centuries old “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”.

Bangladesh has launched a pilot for an employment injury scheme (EIS) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO). The scheme will cover the country’s four million ready-made garment (RMG) workers.

Primark's Sustainable Cotton Programme trains farmers on using fewer chemical pesticides and fertilisers and less water, thus lowering input costs and improving profits for farmers. The retailer has now announced that it will train an additional 125,000 smallholder cotton farmers in more sustainable farming methods in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh by the end of 2023.

The apparel sourcing experience in India is entirely a function of the kind of product one is procuring, and knowing where to get it from. A mismatch can lead to a total washout of the order, while knowledge and experience could totally alter that exercise.

Bangladesh is going all out to emerge as a leader in circularity by scaling its recycling capacity and generating more value from these waste streams. The 2020–21 Circular Fashion Partnership (CFP0 project paved the way, but there were lessons for the future too. A texfash.com report.

The adoption of a proposal by the European Commission for a directive on corporate sustainability and due diligence will have far reaching effects. A report.

The Circular Fashion Partnership (CFP) project that took place in Bangladesh from October 2020 to December 2021 presents a compelling business case to scale domestic textile recycling, with demand for recycled materials from global brands and to secure consistent access to high quality traceable post-industrial feedstock from local manufacturers.

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Myanmar and Nepal are expected to break out from the LDC bracket in 2026. How they cope will largely depend on the extent to which such adjustments can cushion the impact on their T&C sector.