Urmi Group, SME Foundation Sign MoU to Support Textile, Garment CMSMEs
Urmi Group, a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate with interests in ready-made garments, textiles, retail, navigation and agriculture, has signed a memorandum of understanding with SME Foundation to strengthen cottage, micro, small…
RUDOLF’s RUCO-COAT Targets Durability Gap in Camping Gear
German specialty chemicals group RUDOLF is positioning its RUCO-COAT product line as an answer to one of outdoor gear's most persistent engineering problems: coatings that perform well off the shelf…
Bangladesh Army Converts 55-Acre Textile Mill Into Arms Plant
The Bangladesh Army will build a modern arms and military equipment factory on the site of the shuttered Jalil Textile Mills in Fouzdarhat, Chattogram, army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said on…
Textile Stocks Sink 5.2% as Bangladesh Bourse Falls 2.25%
Bangladesh's stock market extended its losing streak for a second straight week, with the benchmark DSEX index sliding 2.25% as an unresolved energy crisis dragged textile shares to their sharpest…
Trade Policy Is Now Fiber Policy
The cotton-versus-polyester argument still comes up in sourcing meetings and everybody knows their lines. Farm on one side, cracker plant on the other. It quit describing how fiber gets chosen…
China’s Pearl River Delta Fraud Costs 150 Mills Over 1 Billion Yuan
Nearly 150 garment factories across China's Pearl River Delta have lost more than 1 billion yuan, or roughly $150 million, in an alleged contract fraud scheme now under criminal investigation,…
Wool Prices Surge 2.3% as Bale Supply Hits 6-Year Low
Australian wool prices rebounded sharply this week, with the benchmark indicator posting its steepest single-day gain in four months as buyers scrambled for the smallest offering of bales in almost…
Texworld Paris 2026 Sets Sights on Global Sourcing Shift
Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris 2026 will bring more than 1,000 international exhibitors to Paris-Le Bourget from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, as fashion buyers seek more resilient, flexible and sustainable…
“Sustainable Innovation Begins with a Continuous Process”
As Bangladesh's textile and apparel industry navigates a rapidly evolving global landscape, innovation has become the defining factor for long-term competitiveness. From artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0 to circularity, digital…
BGMEA Holds Workshop On Unemployed Workers Protection Programme and Labour Information Management System
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Thursday held a three-day workshop on the Unemployed Workers Protection Programme (UWPP) and Labour Information Management System (LIMS), aimed at strengthening…