TAU Investment Management LLC, a New York-based growth-equity venture investment firm is currently in the process of raising a US$1.0 billion for modernisation of the garment and textiles industries in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam China and, to lesser extend, in Turkey. The fund is backed by the Soros family, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and the Global […]
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Sourcing from Bangladesh is expected to be 9% higher
Bangladesh is likely to lose about $2.7 billion in export earnings every year once it graduates from the Least Developed Country (LDC) bracket. Upon graduation from the LDC status, exports will be subjected to 6.7 percent additional tariff as duty-free and quota-free benefits from different countries and trading partners will be withdrawn, according to a […]
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Explosives screening mandatory for direct cargo services to the EU
The European Union (EU) authorities include Bangladesh to the high-risk countries in terms of operating direct cargo services to the EU, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). The EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon informed this decision at a meeting with CAAB Chairman Air Vice-Marshal Ehsanul Gani Chowdhury at the latter’s office yesterday, meeting sources […]
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Bangladesh workplace deaths double in 2016
Bangladesh has been struggling for repairing it’s damaged reputation as unsafe workplace, particularly after the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building on the 24th April 2013 killing 1,135 innocent people. It has experienced 1,402 casualties in the workplace last year, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS). Last year 699 […]
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Sustainability Compact – Achievements and Challenges
In response to the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in April 2013, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European Union (EU) and the United States (joined later) engaged in a joint initiative known as “Compact for Continuous Improvements in Labour Rights and Factory Safety in the Ready-Made Garment and […]
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