Bangladesh Plans 3 New FSRUs as Gas Crisis Hits Industry
Bangladesh plans to install three additional floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) by 2029 as the government seeks to strengthen energy security after an LNG terminal disruption triggered widespread gas…
Kyrgyzstan’s Garment Industry Battered by Drone Strikes, Border Woes
Kyrgyzstan's garment industry, long dependent on Russia's Wildberries marketplace for sales, is grappling with a cascade of disruptions that have shuttered thousands of sewing workshops and left entrepreneurs facing mounting…
Bangladesh Manufacturing Roars Back, PMI Jumps to 57.8 in July
Bangladesh's composite Purchasing Managers' Index jumped 4.9 points to 57.8 in July, its strongest reading in months, as a sharp manufacturing rebound coincided with the highest monthly export earnings in…
US Tariff Shift Puts Bangladesh Apparel in Focus
The US apparel sourcing landscape is entering a new phase as revised Section 301 tariffs reshape the cost equation for major Asian suppliers. While the overall US apparel market has…
Fakir Fashion Showcases Governance Model At UN Global Compact Forum In Colombo
Fakir Fashion Limited presented the company's approach to corporate governance and accountability at a United Nations Global Compact regional sustainability forum in Colombo this week, putting the country's apparel industry…
13th International Yarn and Fabric Show Opens in Dhaka
The 13th International Yarn and Fabric Show opens Thursday at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka, drawing more than 150 overseas exhibitors as the country's garment sector looks to…
Textile Exchange: Fiber Output Widens 2030 Climate Gap
Textile Exchange said the fashion and textile industry has drifted further from its 2030 climate target even as certified fiber sourcing hit record levels, according to the nonprofit's newly released…
China Bars 6 US Firms Tied to Cotton Traceability Checks
China has barred its companies and citizens from dealing with six U.S. firms and organizations tied to cotton-traceability testing and supply-chain compliance, retaliating against Washington's largest-ever single expansion of its…
Vietnam Textile, Garment Exports Top $27bn in Seven Months
Vietnam's textile and garment exports reached an estimated 4.7 billion USD in July, up 8.2% from June and 4.3% year-on-year, pushing total export turnover for the first seven months of…
BGMEA and BEZIA Hold Dialogue on Creating an Investment-Friendly Environment in Economic Zones
A high-level bilateral dialogue between the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Investors Association (BEZIA) was held today (Monday) at the BGMEA Complex in…